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01-25-2007, 04:18 PM

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90Lxstanger

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RE: main girdle

lol,, i guess cleaning up the mess might be easier when its all it one pile

01-25-2007, 04:24 PM

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RE: main girdle

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 x 10^1000000000000000

01-25-2007, 06:21 PM

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RE: main girdle

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ORIGINAL: greenstreak9205

i'd also suggest a valley girdle because thats where the thing is gonna split on you. they will help you out some but dont rely on the girdles on keeping it all together if u plan on making mondo power.

have you ever seen a valley girdle? those things are a joke! they are just two pieces of metal any yahoo could throw together and are held in place by 3 very small bolts. they still let the block twist just as much.
r.barn is right, the lower manifold will hold the block together much better then a valley girdle would

01-25-2007, 06:38 PM

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ruger311

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RE: main girdle

+1 **** on a valley girdle!

01-26-2007, 12:52 AM

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greenstreak9205

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RE: main girdle

yea i suppose. but i do definately agree that the girdles wont really help much.i was just givin a suggestion that if thats what he wanted to do and it was stuck in his head which that was the way it was gonna be done, that it may help a bit. i was quick to say the first time that i wouldnt really wanna rely on the girdles though

01-26-2007, 08:35 AM

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Monstang

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RE: main girdle

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ORIGINAL: r.barn

girdle's dont strengthen the block, they help stablize the crank in high rpm engines.
all they do when the block comes apart is keep everything in a nice pile

valley girdles are useless also, you already have a massive valley girdle called the
lower intake manifold, and even it cant keep an overpowered 302 together.

pretty much on any "stock" block you can stroke it or you can boost/spray it
try and do both and your asking for trouble.

I really like your analogy!!!!
+!