Jack Sawyer Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 minute ago, adambar said: Great looking classic cars everyone! Jack, what a beauty! What engine does that baby have. Thanks Adam. It has a 6.2 Liter 465 HP small block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 4:34 AM, Jack Sawyer said: It has a 6.2 Liter small block. I like you Americans with your subtleness. In good old Europe this would be a HUUUGE block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, bernd1151 said: I like you Americans with your subtleness. In good old Europe this would be a HUUUGE block Thanks. Bernd, that's what GM has called it for years, because it actually is a small block aluminum engine compared to the old days of large cast iron blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Jack Sawyer said: Thanks. Bernd, that's what GM has called it for years, because it actually is a small block aluminum engine compared to the old days of large cast iron blocks. Bernd is completely right.....US and EU differ in many ways, but one significant difference are the sizes of almost everything. I visited US once for work in 2001 (Dallas, TX) and everything was sóóóóóóó huge......(and hot, July 2001) -Fred- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sundancer said: Bernd is completely right.....US and EU differ in many ways, but one significant difference are the sizes of almost everything. I visited US once for work in 2001 (Dallas, TX) and everything was sóóóóóóó huge......(and hot, July 2001) -Fred- Hi Fred, I agree. And when Martyn was in the States he also discovered this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 At first I thought you lot were getting confused. To us in England a 'block' usually means a building containing flats-apartments to you. Mind you, I suspect you could contain one of our flats in one of your big cars!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Hello John, it depends on how familiar one is with the workings of an engine. An engine block is the same thing on both sides of the Atlantic, whether it is in a car, goods vehicle, ship, factory or indeed anywhere. I think your reference to a "block of flats" generally means just one building, whereas I understand a block to be any number of buildings arranged into a block. To confuse matters even more, we have the expression "a walk around the block" which in my world at least, just means a short walk. There doesn't have to be a block there to walk around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Just shows how ignorant I am Nick....about virtually anything! I must say though that in my case ignorance is definitely bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Nick Cooper said: I think your reference to a "block of flats" generally means just one building, whereas I understand a block to be any number of buildings arranged into a block. To confuse matters even more, we have the expression "a walk around the block" which in my world at least, just means a short walk. There doesn't have to be a block there to walk around. In Dutch a "Huizenblok" (block of flats) indeed can be any number of appartments arranged into a block. "A walk around the block" therefore can take some time.... (even in the old days...) Cheers Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridvan Celik Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Can’t go wrong with a Toyota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Always been a Ford man myself and always will be. My old Escort is eighteen years old now, is really comfy and still drives like a new car. It'll see me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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