stud girdle

[toolman1981]

has antone ran a rocker stud girdle on an lt1?

[Joker Z28]

I do

[New2chevy]

Which girdle, and does it fit under the "standard tall" valve covers?

[waltsfastz]

I do too, I used some old SBC that I had laying around and modified them for centerbolt valve covers. I had to do a lot of trimming on the valve cover to get these under it and they still have to be pretty close to the top of the rocker to clear.

[New2chevy]

Thank you! It looks like you have tall valve covers, too. Are those the valve covers that barely clear the girdle?

I am running Billet Specialties tall covers.

[waltsfastz]

yes, These took some milling to clear

[New2chevy]

I see. Well I'll have to see how my covers fare with the Summit girdle. The guy at Crower scared me into getting a girdle. He said when they test their rocker arms the studs flex like crazy, especially the 3/8" (of course), which is what I have.

He was cool and didn't try to sell me one of their girdles. He said, "Find a cheap one and please install it."

The Crower girdles cost over $250. The Summit girdle is $109.00

[New2chevy]

I've heard some guys say that the girdles made their engine seem "snappier." Probably more of a placebo effect than anything, but I don't know.