Bean Machine Billet Aluminum Gridlock Girdle Kit with ARP Studs

The Bean Machine Gridlock Girdle for a Cummins Common Rail was conceived out of the need for a very strong girdle that didn’t have a bunch of extra unnecessary parts to it, was lightweight, and did not interfere with the oil pan requiring dents in the pan. We have used other girdles on the market and there were always issues that we didn’t like such as, washer/spacers that were prone to crack and break, studs that hit the oil pan requiring dents in the pan that caused oil leaks, and extra lock nuts that did not like to be used more than once. Our girdle system not only fixes the issues stated above, but also increases the strength of the main caps by locking them in place with dowel pins and tying in the entire bottom side of the block by encompassing every available bolt all the way to every edge of the block.  To increase the main cap strength even more, preload set screws were added over the center of each main cap. This helps prevent the main caps from bending and bowing under extr