Girdle on a crossbolted block(build details)

[Falcon67]

The good thing I've seen about girdles on SBFs is that it keeps the pieces together so you can push the car off the track with minimal cleanup.     The best one I recall was a friend with a 6.80 1/8 mile car, stock block 347.  Started leaking water and a bit of oil in the burnout box.  Push him back, he drove it back and on to the trailer.  When he pulled the motor and pulled the timing cover and pan, the right front corner of the block - with the oil pump - came off in one piece.

[BattlestarGalactic]

^^^This.   Those goofy girdles that bolted to the top of the valley with 10-24 socket heads.  Ya, that is going to keep NOTHING together     Other then making it easier to pick up the pieces after you remove the intake.

Few local buddies had that problem running stock 302 blocks.  Now they all have Dart steel or alum blocks.