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Originally Posted by bassman97
The small block/big block is a strict definition, just the size that classifies it doesn't. Basically, the small/big block are names for engine families. Ford, for example, never had a small/big block but just various engine families (Windsor, Cleveland (335 series), FE, FT, 385 series, Modular, etc.) but those engine can be classified into big/small block by bore spacing (small block being everything but the FE, FT, and 385 series). Chevy on the other hand only had 2 engine families which were small and big block.
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You may be technically correct, but I just heard this exact converstion while watching BJ and this is where I got my defnition. But they also said that it does mean different things to different people. They also very specifically mentioned Ford and called the 429 Cobra Jet an example of a Big Block.