blk00z28
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I've been talking with a good friend about possibly making girdles for our blocks. They would not be like the normal sbc ones that go on top of the mains. Nor would they be like the 3.8's, but would be very similar. They would have the middle two mains built into the girdle. Possibly even front and rears and be bolted along the pain rail as well. The front and rear mains being built into the girdle would be an after thought after we get the middle two worked out. Or maybe not even worry about the front and rear, and attach them on the top part of the main like a regular sbc.
The problem's I see would be making relief for Eagle(and other) rods to clear not only the block, but this as well. Then worrying about the added metal under the pan and the pan hitting the cross member. The thickness would most likely be the same as the 3.8's at 3/4" thick from the pan deck. And the oil pump pick up tube being cheanged to accept this. Machine work would clearly have to be done to a block to make this work. But I dont see any more then a shop doing a normal main mod, plus align work. Does anyone else see any more problems that might arise?
My friend said we could look into doing it if I were to get enough people wanting them. The time frame would be a while though. As we would do this as a weekend project, not a full blown project. I also do not know about pricing. The price of the metal, time to put it into the computer for the cnc. Cnc work, making sure everything fits, and so on so forth.
So thats the main question. How many of you, on here. Not any other sites (yet) would possibly consider buying this? (And like I said, this will not be an over night thing, I'm talking months. IF I know for sure people would buy it. Because we're not going to consider trying to make 150 of them if only 10 sell. The idea behind this was to make the stock blocks stronger without worrying. And without spending $4k on a bowtie block.)
The problem's I see would be making relief for Eagle(and other) rods to clear not only the block, but this as well. Then worrying about the added metal under the pan and the pan hitting the cross member. The thickness would most likely be the same as the 3.8's at 3/4" thick from the pan deck. And the oil pump pick up tube being cheanged to accept this. Machine work would clearly have to be done to a block to make this work. But I dont see any more then a shop doing a normal main mod, plus align work. Does anyone else see any more problems that might arise?
My friend said we could look into doing it if I were to get enough people wanting them. The time frame would be a while though. As we would do this as a weekend project, not a full blown project. I also do not know about pricing. The price of the metal, time to put it into the computer for the cnc. Cnc work, making sure everything fits, and so on so forth.
So thats the main question. How many of you, on here. Not any other sites (yet) would possibly consider buying this? (And like I said, this will not be an over night thing, I'm talking months. IF I know for sure people would buy it. Because we're not going to consider trying to make 150 of them if only 10 sell. The idea behind this was to make the stock blocks stronger without worrying. And without spending $4k on a bowtie block.)
