If it is a V8 it will be a 4.6L motor, it is niether it is a modular engine and they are not classified in the usual big block, small block engine sizes. It is just it.
is a V8 big block engine in a Chevy or ford in the 1960's to the 1970's
Big block
You buy a different engine. A V8 (8 cylinders instead of 6)! Buy a new v8 engine from a parts supplier. You can buy a LS series engine, a small-block, or a big-block from many suppliers. You may also need to pay to have it installed if you can't do it yourself.
If it's a mailbu, It could have been a stright 6 cylinder or a 307 V8 or a 350 V8 If it's a SS ( super sport ) It could have a 396 big block or a 454 big block, maybe even a 427 big block depending on what type of SS it was.
A big block is a series of large displacement V8 engines.
small block and big block motor mounts are the same, so you should be able to take V8 motor mounts from most any Chevy engine bay.
a good engine to put in a car i think is a 350 small block with a twin turbo. another is a 440 big block v8 with twin headers
NO! The 427 Chevy engine was not sold by GM until 1963. The 427 is a big block engine and the very first big block was the 348 introduced in 1958. The 409 was introduced in 1961. The 427 in limited production only in 1963. The 427 was later released again in 1966 as a production engine. The largest engine every offered in the 1957 Chevy was the 283 V8. You could order this engine with mechanical fuel injection in 1957.
"The v8 350 is a small block Chevrolet motor.....................it became a big block at 396cubic inches......so anything smaller is a "small" block" this is a little misleading. a 350 is indeed a small block. a 396 is indeed a big block. but you can have a small block that is (internally..cubic inch wise) actually larger than a big block. for example GM made a 400 cubic inch small block. internally it is a larger engine than a 396, but the outer dimensions of the 396 are larger than the 400 small block. and the external dimensions and cylinder head design are what make a small block a small block, and a big block a big block. a small block engine simply has a physically smaller block...a big block is called a big block because it's block is bigger than that of a small block.
"How to Rebuild the Big Block Chevy V8 Engine" Book has that info
No the 350ci (5.7L) is a small block V8