what exactly is a crank girdle?

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i know its something to like keep strength so you don’t spin an rod bearings, do ls blocks have them? if not, can you get them installed, cause it seems like a good idea for one of the worse r/s ratios for high reving… thanks

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LS blocks were not built with them but GSRs were. You are correct about strengthening the main cap area.

This one example available from Z10

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thats one of the reasons why a poorly built ls/vtec can fail

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Originally posted by AMERIKAN
[B]LS blocks were not built with them but GSRs were. You are correct about strengthening the main cap area.

This one example offered byt z10

John - how much do they run?

Thank you for this post.

Josh

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Originally posted by bigblue92
[B]

John - how much do they run?

Thank you for this post.

Josh [/B]

$289. Go to www.z10eng.com and go to Products on the pull down menu to the right. Its the first item.

-Steve

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I noticed this on z10’s web site:

NEEDS!
*GS-R / Type R
Main Bolts, Windage Tray, Oil pump pickup

So basically if I buy the girdle I would still need to buy those other parts???

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Yeah, when they say you need them, they’re not kidding. The GSRs and ITRs were designed with girdles while our engines were not, so our parts don’t fit properly.