Lifting engine block with a hoist?

Do you think a ratchet strap would hold the engine? One with the big 4” webbing?

That will lift THE ENTIRE CAR!!! A typical motorcycle tie down, 1" strap or whatever will lift a block especially if doubled / looped.

I have a BUNCH of chain/ fitings/ rigging. You can use head bolts, the bell bolts, the front water pump thread bosses, there are all kinds of ways

When I was about 20, I once picked up a complete 283 short block and carried it somewhere around 200 ft and tossed it into the trunk of a friend's 65 Chevelle.

Even in my old age.........and I'm not that strong........if I can "get ahold" of a Mopar SB meaning off a table, etc, I can still "get it off the ground" at say, waist level