[terry lee]

Let me see? If you take a 427 FE it is considered a BB right?
Bore it .30 over, still a BB.
Now replace standard crank with a 428 and you have a 454 stroker. Still called a BB, right?
Take a 429, 460, etc. they are BB too, right?
Add a stroker and get 514. What do we all this, a BIG BB?

Now enter the new alum. blocks made by Raceparts, not really a Winsor, and not a FE. With the right guts it produces 427ci.
A 9.5 deck height block will produce 454ci with bigger crank.
The new block is about 37 years advanced in technology and weighs alot less than any FE.

In my book, a 427ci is a 427ci engine; and a 454ci is a 454ci engine no matter which way you slice the pie.

The quetion is: Should a 427 new block build be referred to as a "small block engine," or a "little big block engine," or maybe just a "427" ?
Go for it guys.