main girdle vs 4 bolt

[ford secrets]

just like it says is 4 bolt much better??

[n8secstangg]

way way better

[NMRA Jason]

Yes, without a doubt.

[Stephen Johnson]

ditto up top, the girdle just keeps all the s*** from flying around

[n8secstangg]

what people kinda forget sometimes is that the stronger the block is and the less flex it has the better it is on the whole rotating assembly

[ford secrets]

thanks, I am waiting and putting 4 bolt caps on it.

[WardRacing408]

Are you asking whether a girdle or 4 bolt caps are stronger still using a using a stock block?

[ford secrets]

yes I have a old block and was thinking haveing it drilled and tapped so I could use 4 bolt but I just put my girdle back on it for now and am going to a new block next year.

[stroker347]

waste of time and money splaying a two bolt block to go 4 bolt on a 302 block. 4 bolt splaying will not make a difference in block strength. the 302 block splits down the middle. i would not even 4 bolt splay a 351W block.

[ford secrets]

I have a 86 351w nascar block out of the old windsor foundry the are much much bigger in the main webs than even the 69 blocks but they are only 2 bolt so I am going to use splayed caps on it, thats my question for this year I was only going to girdle it because my engine builder is swamped and cant do it for a while, so I thought I would just girdle it and pull it out during the winter but I am going to use my current motor and do it right over the winter instead of doing things twice!

[ONEBAD306CT]

the only thing a girdle is good for is to hold the block in one piece so you can get it home on the trailer after it splits down the middle like a tortilla.

[REN#4106]

the only thing a girdle is good for is to hold the block in one piece so you can get it home on the trailer after it splits down the middle like a tortilla.

x2.....lol that scenerio is what happened to me years ago......split the block in half with a main support on a stock 8.2 deck block...broke the crank into .....bent all the rods...broke the cam into....pistons smacked 4 valves........needless to say the motor was junk except the heads and intake.....

[ONEBAD306CT]

thats preety much exactly what happened to me. except i got luckier than you my heads were unharmed but did bend 2 rods. the funniest thing was taking it apart. i didnt pull the pistons from the block i pulled the block from the pistons lol