I'm a believer in girdles with stock caps. I had 4 years of abuse on my old 500" RB at 760hp and over 7,000 rpm consistently. Bearings looked perfect and had no cap walk. The most important thing is have everything balanced at a good shop.
agreeing w/ 440dartsport. go to hughs engines website and read up on the girdle -hi h.p. thing. 900 something h.p. out of a 440 w/ stock caps and a girdle. kind of depends on ur parts. I even had a busted main cap on a hemi once, got another cap, lined honed it, it`s still together today.
