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Personally I am NOT a fan of the girdles. I can't see where they address anything in the weak area of the blocks, which is the webbing. On a stock block, if I MUST run one, I put alum caps on and call it a day

Monte




I think the block webbing/saddle area would hold up fine if it didn't have the main caps tightly bolted to it, caps that holds ALL if the crank forces in check. To put it another way, it's the forces in the caps that stress the block saddles. Anything that significantly reduces motion of the caps will reduce stress in the saddles.