Girdle

Putting my parts list together for a sort of a " back up" engine. I fell into a really good 84 block and Eddy heads this summer and plan to put it to good use. It will be very similar to the engine I built last winter, which has been great all summer.

This one though will surely break the 600 HP mark, since i finally have heads capable. I'm thinking about installing a girdle. I know a lot of guys don't believe they work, but if you read Hughes article, it makes a lot of sense. Worse case scenario you'll still have a studded bottom end with a crank scraper.....
What are your thoughts?