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Originally Posted by BlissStreet
Are you asking the difference between Big Block/Small Block? or Short Block/Long Block? It seems people often get the two crossed and confused.
A short block is the engine block plus rotating assembly. A long block is the short block plus the heads, valve train and the cam. You still need to add the accessories to a long block. Short block < Long block < Crate engine. One is a building block of the other. So they don't actually make 2, they are simply the differing levels of build for any engine.
Example: This is a short block. This is a long block. And this is a crate engine.
Hope that helps. |
I did fail to mention the rotating parts, ooops, but yes, what he said...
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