Anyone use a Main Bearing Brace?

[JoshK]

What about using the brace on a high HP big bore build? Don't the big bore blocks only have 2 main bolts? Plus the two side bolts of course

 

[psfracer]

What about using the brace on a high HP big bore build? Don't the big bore blocks only have 2 main bolts? Plus the two side bolts of course

See below:

Look into the JPC piece.. for a big bore Boss build, otherwise, and like has been said- above, its not necessary with the stock block.

 

[JoshK]

Sorry, skimming the post on my phone. As to that though, the jpc main caps are big money over a brace to do essentially the same thing right?

 

[19COBRA93]

My 5.4L iron block has 2 bolt mains with cross bolts/dowels. I'm shooting for north of 1000rwh, and 7500 rpm. I'm not worried for one second about my mains moving around.

 

[BruceH]

My 5.4L iron block has 2 bolt mains with cross bolts/dowels. I'm shooting for north of 1000rwh, and 7500 rpm. I'm not worried for one second about my mains moving around.

Aren't the Terminator blocks also 2/2 bolt mains? The block I bought as a 03 Cobra block has 2 main bolts and two jack screw bolts per main.

I've never really gotten much from SHM. I see his book as mostly containing solutions to problems that don't exist. But that's how I think about a lot of things.

 

[Dubstep Shep]

Lol Bruce you're spot on with you seeing a lot of things as solutions to problems that don't exist.

At least for me, I see them as solutions to problems that may exist, but may not. Cheap insurance as Gmitch said

 

[rcm90]

People have ripped the bottom end out of the 2bolt boss blocks and it takes big power, 1200+. If your going that route use the billet caps to resolve the problem.