Steel Main Machine Work????

[hipsi2fly]

anyone ever had a problem reusing billet mains on a diff. block? i have had 2 machine shops tell me there would be a bit of work involved due to the caps not registering correctly? i took one cap off and slid a billet one in and the was extra metal on one side of the main journal and not enough on the otherside? he said he would have to add metal? anyone run into this??????-he said to just use the girdle and that would be plenty!

 

[hipsi2fly]

anyone on the mains issue?---

 

[Russ Merritt]

The girdle is better with the stock mains. That's what Jason Cramer recommends when doing the girdle. The motor in my car now has center billet caps. Next winter it's getting fitted with a girdle and I'm diggin out the stock centers and using them instead of the billet ones.

 

[hipsi2fly]

that is very good to know thank you for your info..-i just wanna do it right this time!!