I have my motor out of my car and I am going to go through it. I have a question as far as the billet mains and girdles go. As far as mods go I have a PT-54 turbo, CAS front mount, ATR headers, 218/212 cam, ATR 3" downpipe and 3" exhaust, 50lb injectors, Champion GN1's with matching intake and plenum. The trans is a fresh billet roller piece with a 9.5 Precision 3500 converter. The motor is stock for now and I had a leakdown test done and it was leaking down some about 20% on 1 and 5. I figure while I have it out I should go through it and wanted to know what I should do as far as just doing the center 2 billet mains or all of them or just a girdle or what. I drive the car quite a bit but am also going to race the car as well.
When you put a girdle on do you replace the mains with the billet ones or do you use the stock ones? Also how much machine work does it take to put on a girdle. Also with the setup would I be better off using an aftermarket piston like JE's or just leaving the stock pistons. I only want to do this once but at the same time if the stock pistons will work just as good and a girdle or anything is overkill then I am open to opinions. Thanks for your help in this matter.
Josh
When you put a girdle on do you replace the mains with the billet ones or do you use the stock ones? Also how much machine work does it take to put on a girdle. Also with the setup would I be better off using an aftermarket piston like JE's or just leaving the stock pistons. I only want to do this once but at the same time if the stock pistons will work just as good and a girdle or anything is overkill then I am open to opinions. Thanks for your help in this matter.
Josh
