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"Here's an "out of the box" thought. Tie this device into the outer bolt holes meant for 4-bolt caps and market it as a cheaper alternative to converting to 4-bolt caps from 2-bolt caps. It'll make for a sturdier bottom end over a 2-bolt cap, at less cost than converting to 4-bolt caps."
A lot of the "old time" girdles did exactly that, Brian.
They tied into the block surface somewhere.
The girdle shown is more of a "knock-off" of the Ford engine "girdle" for the Mustang crowd. BOP was at one time looking into a similar deal.
The good old time girdles used to tie into the pan rail like Steve B's deal does.
A skirt would be the best deal. If you really pay attention to the Hemi 427 Pontiac fuel injection deal that Wallace Racing has articles about you will see it is a main cap/skirt deal and the oil pan bolts to the skirt.
Pontiac would not have done it that way if there was not a reason. JMO
Tom V.
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