Dave, this question is for you mainly, as i remember you said once that the terms "Big Block" and "Small block" were Chev terms...and that our engines are correctly termed A, LA, B, RB, Wedge,Hemi Magnum etc.
But anyone else is welcome to put in their opinion.
Just wondering where or how you heard of this, as this is the sort of thing that almost starts a pub fight. 10 people, 10 different answers etc!
Or was it the Chev motoring fraternity, or the general population that saw that different lines of engines were 'big' and others smaller. As these terms big and small are not words that engineers normally use to describe their precious creations. And it seems to apply to all Detroit engines, Ford, Pontiac Chev etc
A former employee of GM for many years in the production side said he never saw Sb or BB in any GM textbooks or service manual. However they were called that in the GM aftermarket catalogs
so just wondering how you heard this, so i can shut some people up, as i believe it myself as well.