ok, never delved into the internals of the engine yet. still learining all that stuff, like cam and heads and such. anyway, just wondering, what is the difference between a short block and a long block? I have heard people talk about these things before at meets and never understood. i was just on texas-speed lookin at blocks and i saw the options. thanx fellas

 

Short block is just the block, crank, rods, pistons, and bearings. A long block is a short block with heads,cam and some of the covers,lifters, timing chain, oil pump,ect. Usualy the long block never includes the intake.

 

SHORT BLOCK- engine block containing crank, rods, pistons, cam, and timing set

LONG BLOCK- engine block containing crank, rods, pistons, cam, timing set, oil pan, lifters, pushrods, rockers, and heads

Hope that helps you out a little

 

thanx fellas. knowledge for the day!