The bore and stroke.
The strength of the engine block The 72 would be a better / stronger block.
There is no difference what so ever. Same engines.
Many. 348 would be a small block, whereas the 454 is a big block.
Nothing at all. A long block is the complete engine. A short block is just the engine with no intake, exhaust, or accessories installed.
weight. the aluminum block is lighter therefore it uses less fuel and the vehicle is faster.
Bolt spacing where the bellhousing mates to the back of the engine.
All engines have a block. But when people refer to crate they mean they bought it from somewhere already built and they are refering to the crate charge from FedEx or UPS.
A long block is a complete engine, the bottom part plus the heads. A big block usually refers to a large displacement North American (muscle car) engine of around 400 cu in.
difference between cross section and block daigram
There are no differences, All the engines have F9K Stamped on the back of the block
Sandwiched between the head/heads and the engine block.Sandwiched between the head/heads and the engine block.
2352 bytes (the size of a block)