Cant find Big Block vs Small block post
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Cant find Big Block vs Small block post
Good Morning everyone; I had read an older post discussing the origin of "big block" vs "small block" terminology. Search as I have (hours), I could not locate it. I'd like to email this thread to my son (79 F150 Ranger Lariat 4x4 400 Teal), as it seems to be an ongoing topic at his High School. Hopefully somebody can recall it. Thanks for any/all help.
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Cant find Big Block vs Small block post
I did a search going back 1 month and didn't find the one I was thinking about. Is that the one where someone asked... what the 351C was and compared it to chevy. As I recall, someone said that small block and big block were Chevy terms and Ford used engine families, but that FE and 385 were the big blocks and all other were small.
Is that the one you're looking for? If you can remember a specific and unusual word that was used, it makes it much easier to search.
By the way, what's the argument/discussion about?
Is that the one you're looking for? If you can remember a specific and unusual word that was used, it makes it much easier to search.
By the way, what's the argument/discussion about?
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Cant find Big Block vs Small block post
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/61_79/4738.html
I typed 332 into the search function because of the 332 FE which is still a big block, even though it's well into small block displacement
I typed 332 into the search function because of the 332 FE which is still a big block, even though it's well into small block displacement
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From: Chicagoland
Cant find Big Block vs Small block post
I believe the thread began with big block vs small block in the title and I had ran searches on combinations of these in title and content but nothing surfaced. I had manually scrubbed backed till October or so on related threads, but no luck. I recall that someone said it was a Chevy guys angle to keep some Fords from qualifying in a certain class. Examples of Fords were included and why they were deemed "big" or "small" block. Several Gurus had contributed.
