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Re: small blocks and big blocks?
The terms relate to engine design, not displacement. Some domestic manufacturers produced pushrod V8 engines using two completely different designs. Often, one was physically larger so it was called a big block.
Therefore it is possible for the largest displacement small block to have more displacement than some big blocks. For example, the Chevy 400 was a small block design, while the 366 and (early) 396 engines were big block designs.
(Later 396 engines were actually 402 cid)
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