block engine block

[smalloutboardsarecool]

what is an engine block.... is it the thing an engine rest on........ I need an engine vocab book do outboards have these.... feel like an idiot all of a sudden

 

[Down South]

Re: block engine block

It's the part viewed from the outside of the motor that houses the pistons, crankshaft and so on. It's the power head without anything in it.