Quoting Racah15:
We are all used to saying stock block, because that's the case.. we (most)all have a "Stock" block. Regardless of internals, or whatever. When you get into other engines like an ej, or any honda engines, or aluminum block engines, even our engines, there, at times, have to be modifications to the block to allow more power. As with almost all aluminum block engines, with greater horsepower, you need a stronger/larger sleeve. This no longer becomes a stock block.
Most EJs handle 450 stock block. Anything more and the sleeves crack. No clue on hondas, but I don't mess with those. Our engines (At high HP)sometimes need to be filled. You guys have heard of filling the block? Filling a block no longer constitutes a stock block. There is also a company in australia that makes a billet 4g63 block. That's definitely not stock. haha. So in my eyes, a stock block is just that. A STOCK block. People have made over 800 hp, on stock blocks. I do not constitute a bored block not stock. If you take your engine to a dealership because of ring issues, and they do a service on it and end up rebuilding your engine 20 over, you still have a stock block. But if you fill your block or sleeve it, then you don't have a stock block.
My opinion. But that's all it is.
Exactly saying stock block shouldnt hint to rotating assembly. People modify the block alone for power. A block is a block now rotating assmebly is crank, rods, pistons. So is your question stock block or bottomend?
