440 Source Cap/Girdle Install= Long Tedious Job

I think i might have bolted the 1 and 2, and 4 and 5 caps together, and hogged out a bunch of excess metal in a mill.
I'm sure your technique is more accurate.

Totally agree and I did think about this--next time I will bolt them together and interpolate them on the mill and leave something like .030" stock. I just really didn't want to mess this up and ruin the block or the caps because who knows how long to get more? J.Rob