I forgot, my mistake, I should know that.
And they are a heavy block

 

In general, when dealing with the older v8 engines, just look at the engines and the diference is obvious. Big blocks had big, beefy blocks. They had wide heads, and they were relatively heavy. The small blocks were lighter weight, narrow heads, much smaller looking engine. This is just a generalization, I know there are exceptions to it. One of the best examples of this is the 366? chevy Big block and the 400 chevy small block. The 366? is much bigger than the 400 externally. I believe 366 is correct, I am not a Chevy fan. I work on them when I have to.

 

Or the 332/352/360/390 FE's..... small cubic inch than a 400/351M but are bigger blocked

 

oh man....i've unleashed a monster.

 

82F100SWB-The 410 is one of the MEL engines, it was used in the Citation and Corsair, right? In 1958.

 

You're thinking of the 396. Yeah, I know more about Chevys than I do Fords, but thats because my Ford has never broke down.

 

According to my books, I have the 410 showing up in '66 and '67 only as a Mercury engine, but another book that shows the engine families has the MEL family as consisting of the 383, 430, and 462. The 410, as you probably already know, is an FE engine which replaced the Y-block in 1958 with the introdution of the 332-352.

 

It could be either one but chevy did have a 366 big block. i think he meant 366.

 

Thanks, I did mean 366. 366 is a heavy truck engine. C65 etc. Its pretty much a piece of junk.

 

NOTHING!!!! One is a chevy and the other one is a chevy!!!!!

 

could someone tell me what a chevy 396 and a 427 are considered in terms of sb and bb?

 

both are big block

 

Tigerdan- Check those books again, the 410 was part of the 383, 410, 430 and 462 family of engines. In the Edsel, it was called the E-475 (475 for the torque rating), and had 345 HP. It was only offered in 1958 in the Corsair and Citation, the top line models. It is not an FE.

 

I was told the 410 cam in mercury cars... But never in the fords
3 different type motors w/ the same Cubic inch size maybe?

 

Its like comparing apples to oranges . Chevy also have some werid motors that don't fall in any where(409-348) that are refered to as early big blocks but they were put out in the 50's. They have come out with new motors Lt1,Ls1,Ls6, 4.8,5.3,8.1 that are just that and should not be considered small or big blocks. same deal with ford I mean when a 4.6 weights more than a 460 is it a small block or a big block It simply does not apply.I mean where does the flat head come in. Ford engines are better than chevy any way so why compare the two. If you ever get to listen to the old motors you could tell if it was a chevy, Ford or dodge. Speaking of dodge they really dont have a small block or big block line ethier.