mwg
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Just reading a thread in H&M Zone on here and noticed people talking about big blocks and small blocks and whether a 1.8 is a small block or a big block.
What makes an engine either a small block or a big block? Is it down to the capacity or is it something else?
Excuse me for my stupidity
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broster
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c20xe is a big block, i work it out off the gear box that fits it, anything f16+is a big block....
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Jamie Walby
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What do you go on to determin whats a big cock and a small cock?
Girth?
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Martyn
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quote: Originally posted by Jamie Walby
What do you go on to determin whats a big cock and a small cock?
Girth?
gearing i think
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Nismo
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Big block, small block......
Cardboard box?
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Cybermonkey
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i dont actually understand the sense of the words big block and small block, apart from the gearbox design. big block and small block simply means whether american derived V8's are greater or smaller than 6000cc.
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richard_syko
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I thought it was just the two chevy engines?
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broster
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when talking about vauxhall engines anything using the f16+ g'box is a big block, and below is a small block....
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Jamie Walby
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quote: Originally posted by Nismo
Big block, small block......
Cardboard box?
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Cybermonkey
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quote: Originally posted by richard_syko
I thought it was just the two chevy engines?
no, Ford, GM and Chrysler
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gazza808
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not really true considering you can run any gear box on any engine.
as you will know.
small blocks are smaller in size and generally have the oil filter in a different place than the big blocks
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fazza
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grave digger
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Jamie
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That picture not SteveW?
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