Originally Posted by Az_bronco_rob

Regarding the cap and stud girdle issue: yeah, just put in APR main studs, use the stock caps, then find a good crank cap girdle. It goes on after the caps and helps to stabalize the lower end. You may need to use a deep sump pan tho. I don't mean to sound mean, but, if you don't know what a main girdle is you may want to pick up a few books and read up on the whole engine building thing. You don't need to worry about the bottom end till you cross the 450-500 HP mark, and by then you've picked up a lot of engine building tips. Or, you just learn the way all the old-timers have, build it, it breaks, build it again, only better. Fortunately, 5.0's are pretty cheap and are not irreplaceable.