Engine Girdle/Bed Plate Experiences Thread

[jibberjive]

With at least some options available for a few years now, is there anyone who is currently running the SRM, Rockcandy, or Britishturbo (if he ever sold any) girdle or bedplate? If you are personally running it (or are intimately familiar with the car running it), please share the following info, if you would:

--GIRDLE INFO--

Girdle/Bedplate Brand:
Miles on the engine with girdle (at high hp):
Power level (whp/wtq, please specify if actual dyno figures, calculated from logs, or estimated):
Dyno Brand:
Dyno Gear (3rd or 4th):
Turbo(s):
Boost psi:
Fuel:
Methanol Injection (Y/N):
Tuner:
Block Part Number (AE [early] or BF/BEL [late]):
Engine Bore (2.7/2.8/3.0):
Main Caps (stock/billet, brand):
Fluidampr Crank Pulley (Y/N):
Notes:

--If engine failure--
Miles to failure:
Notes on failure location and circumstances:

[jibberjive]

There's literally not a single person running the SRM girdle, more than 2 years after release?

[Yuppie]

I will be running Rockcandy's girdle. He is in the process of finishing my motor(This is going in TiAL 770 car) so hopefully in few months the car will be on the road. I 100% trust him with building my motor and his product. He is also building me my 2.8 heads for my other S4 which will be having OEM RS6 turbos. Tuner for my car is going to be Jared at VLM Spec. Both people were picked from doing my due diligence and not because they were pick of the month.

[jibberjive]

I will be running Rockcandy's girdle. He is in the process of finishing my motor(This is going in TiAL 770 car) so hopefully in few months the car will be on the road. I 100% trust him with building my motor and his product. He is also building me my 2.8 heads for my other S4 which will be having OEM RS6 turbos. Tuner for my car is going to be Jared at VLM Spec. Both people were picked from doing my due diligence and not because they were pick of the month.

I can personally attest to Marshall and Jared both being good people, and both are a good choice for the build

Keep this thread in mind, and report back like a month after making big power and after having romped on it for a while

[Monty23]

I have put about 5,000 miles on my motor at around 700 whp. I run the car through the gears at least 15 times a week (usually much more than that). I went to the track in July to see where my trap speed was at (to confirm the power) and I guess since the track is much sticker than the street, I seemed to overpower my AMD stage 3+. I have't had any slippage issues on the street though, even when launching hard and running through the gears.

Here's a data point for you:

Miles on the engine at 700whp: 5,000
Power level (whp/wtq, please specify if actual dyno figures, calculated from logs, or estimated): 700whp, 600wtq (dyno in 3rd gear on a dynojet)
Turbo(s): PTE6062 gen2
Boost psi:30psi
Fuel: E85
Methanol Injection (Y/N): No
Tuner: Philadot
Block Part Number (AE [early] or BF/BEL [late]): BF
Engine Bore (2.7/2.8/3.0): Stock
Main Caps (stock/billet, brand): Stock
Fluidampr Crank Pulley (Y/N): No

[Yuppie]

I can personally attest to Marshall and Jared both being good people, and both are a good choice for the build

Keep this thread in mind, and report back like a month after making big power and after having romped on it for a while

Thank you. Both are great guys, honest and straightforward so it was no brainier. I am very lucky to have RedRocketS4 local to me as he is very knowledgeable and always helpful to make sure nothing dumb happens.

I will definitely update once we have everything sorted and we put fun miles on it.

[Cacti]

What ever happened to the solo Motorsports car that had the srm girdle?

I have marshals girdle just waiting on my tune from Jared and some odds and ends and then it will run... hopefully.

[Peter1.8t]

What ever happened to the solo Motorsports car that had the srm girdle?

I have marshals girdle just waiting on my tune from Jared and some odds and ends and then it will run... hopefully.

Are you referring to the hibiscus GT car? That's the only one I can think of that had a girdle installed

I believe the owner of SMS, Jfonz, and the owner of the car had a falling out. Only picked up some pieces of what happened, but it lifted the fonz lifted the heads on a glory dyno pull awhile back, engine was rebuilt. Sat forever, owner said he felt that SMS was overcharging/doublecharging him for work and parts. So I believe now the car is being parted out. It's really a. Inner because I wanted to see that thing destroy everything. Was one of the fastest b5's in the states.

[Cacti]

Are you referring to the hibiscus GT car? That's the only one I can think of that had a girdle installed

I believe the owner of SMS, Jfonz, and the owner of the car had a falling out. Only picked up some pieces of what happened, but it lifted the fonz lifted the heads on a glory dyno pull awhile back, engine was rebuilt. Sat forever, owner said he felt that SMS was overcharging/doublecharging him for work and parts. So I believe now the car is being parted out. It's really a. Inner because I wanted to see that thing destroy everything. Was one of the fastest b5's in the states.

Yea wasn't it a 2871 car. That's unfortunate though.

[slowrideBC]

I have put about 5,000 miles on my motor at around 700 whp. I run the car through the gears at least 15 times a week (usually much more than that). I went to the track in July to see where my trap speed was at (to confirm the power) and I guess since the track is much sticker than the street, I seemed to overpower my AMD stage 3+. I have't had any slippage issues on the street though, even when launching hard and running through the gears.

Here's a data point for you:

Miles on the engine at 700whp: 5,000
Power level (whp/wtq, please specify if actual dyno figures, calculated from logs, or estimated): 700whp, 600wtq (dyno in 3rd gear on a dynojet)
Turbo(s): PTE6062 gen2
Boost psi:30psi
Fuel: E85
Methanol Injection (Y/N): No
Tuner: Philadot
Block Part Number (AE [early] or BF/BEL [late]): BF
Engine Bore (2.7/2.8/3.0): Stock
Main Caps (stock/billet, brand): Stock
Fluidampr Crank Pulley (Y/N): No

what girdle/bed plate are you running Monty?

[zatch_303]

Don't forget Eurospec has one as well guys.

[Monty23]

what girdle/bed plate are you running Monty?

None. I have a stock bottom end with h beam rods.That's it for the bottom end.

[Peter1.8t]

Yea wasn't it a 2871 car. That's unfortunate though.

Correct. Had really high hopes for that car. Hopefully he keeps it and just has another place finish it for him.

[OMGHI]

I have a eurospec girdle, I am really excited about this thread and I will post info hopefully soon !

[Yuppie]

Picture of Marshall's (RockCandy) product.