>
> Well, we were under the impression that the Bowtie 350 worked so well
>in the performance version that they punched it out to 400. Which...
>has it's own problems :>
That could be.  Should _we_ even think about getting into whats wrong/not
wrong with the 400sb?  Naw...maybe not. =)
>> > What about the infamous 409?
>>
>>That was before his chevelle was built. =)
>Awww, phoey :> You listed all those motors and forgot the dreaded 409
>because it predates him? ;>
Your right. I hang my head in shame.
>hehe, keep backing ;>  you were listing all the blocks as I recall,
>and left those ones out (which he might choose if he gets a bit of cash
>together)
See above sentence.  =)
>Well, the problem there is that everyone thinks along chevy lines now.
>And that starts fights when a chevy person intrudes on a conversation
>with Ford folks ;>
If your hinting at something.  It did start as a
Chevy conversation.  =)
 (Whew...thats better, all that agreeing with you earlier got to me....) =)
>>Theres got to be some sort of physical material/construction
>>differences to give a definition.
>
>I am still reaching for one unfortunatly.
You've probably seen it now, but someone made the comment that olds engines
can be defined by the intake manifold.  So, we've got 2 marques ID'd for
sb/bb classification.  
>Well pontiac blows this to sh*t. All their blocks have total
>interchangeability. The heads even swap from 326 to 455.
Those B******s! 
>of stroke and bore. I mean, if it has capability of 4 inches of stroke
>and over 4 inches of bore it's big block? Would that work?
> Certainly seems to eliminate the chevy smallblocks while leaving
>the big blocks alone. It's hard to say really. That's why I say the
>factory should define them.
This sounds good. But I'll have to check on what the Buicks bore & strokes
are.  They also tend to pull some interesting things.
Till we disagree again.
LeadFoot.
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