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Originally Posted by blykins
olddog, if I understand you right, you don't need "room" to internally balance an engine. The balancing is done by drilling/adding weight to the crank....and weight matching the pistons & rods. The block itself has nothing to do with the balance of a reciprocating assembly.
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I understand that mallory metal can be added, but I was under the (mistaken apparently) impression that the short 8.2 deck did not allow enough room to internally ballance the 289/302 engines. Not much room to make large diameter counter weights on the crank with the short rods. Maybe I have not been paying enough attention, but I cannot recall any advertising of internally ballanced 8.2 deck cranks. But I stand corrected as it is apparently done. Thanks for letting me know.
In general I find advertising for performance parts less than affective. Fact is I have searched for hours on many web sites and rarely get to the meat of anything. Maybe I'm a poor searcher, but I kind of get the impression that they do not want to give any information out. They want you to call and talk to someone.... and give them your name, number, first born. I don't like to use someones time unless I am ready to buy, as time is money. So I stay out in the cold a lot.