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Old 08-12-2011, 02:07 PM
Donovan Donovan is offline
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Originally Posted by i82much View Post
So, I guess a tall deck BBC is a big block big block chevy, a standard deck BBC is a small block big block chevy? Uh ... no. "big block" and "small block" are used to distinguish block sizes from the same engine family that vary across a plurality of external dimensions. Tall deck, short deck, etc. are the proper terms for block sizes that vary externally only by deck height. Journal size isn't an external dimension and has no relevance for either terminology.

ahhh, a devil's advocate I see.

The first example is silly.... Let's keep it to mass production. I already explained BBP and SBP.

SBP = 256\301
BBP = all other Pontiac blocks

Take all the details in consideration, the journal size, rod length and deck height. So you tell me. How is a Pontiac NOT a big block?