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Old 05-11-2005, 08:38 AM
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I don't want to piss up a rope but the 335 series of engines are historically considered big blocks, and what you extracted from that article while correct is only part of the story. It also compares it to the 429 from the 385 series of engines. While it is a family of one, there are more similatities between the 335 and 385 (429 and 460) than there are between the small blocks and the 335's... If you consider the 352 FE a big block, and we all do, the 351 C/M is as well.

"Displacement wise it belongs to the small block family" does not make it a small block.

Thanks for the post... At least the thread is active.
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