Even big V8's don't sound all that great open. Sure the roar hitting your chest feels cool, but I'd rather hear a nice controlled loud exhaust, then an open retardfest.

 

496 is where I consider big v8 to start.

 

Buddy has an r3 block for his Indy. Hes going 454ci & putting his 260/266(050)-680lift cam from his 408 in it and adding Indy cnc'd 214/165 heads on it, is that a little V8 too?

 

its not little, but its not big....cmon you know this.
power has nothing to do with cid cmon!

I suppose at that point its a matter of oppinion though.

with the exception of the 472 and the 500 basicly anything thats bigger than an standard overbore in a 460 I could consider a big block. In my book it boils down to....is it bigger than 95% of the biggest factory blocks? If yes, its big. 454 is normal sized. Small on the other hand, anything less than 350 really. I suppose in my head its >350=small 350-460=normal <460=big

 

5.0= small....hehehe, and since this thread is a little OT INDYMAM did you buy your truck back??

 

I like my lil 383 stro mo...puts 425 hp ...

 

302 is tiny as crap

na, I still have much of it in my garage though lol. I dont think ill buy my old one back, though I may get a roller v6 in the future and make an all out dragger using a non magnum power plant. Ill paint it the same , but thats not for some years.

 

now where does the 8.0 v10 fit into that? Its not small with 488 cubes, but it's based on the small block V8 but does have a big engine look to it. I like the fact it sounds odd, should make passin it off as a V6 a piece of cake lol

 

not a v8