I see you found the company that offers the 28 oz balancer. I talked to them a couple years ago but decided against it just because of cost and immediate availability. That was a personal decision based on my overall purpose for the truck. If it were not going to be a daily driven work truck I would have most certainly gone with their custom balancer and the 331 option. So I will be following close along to see how you make out with this intersting combination.
Have you decided on the rotating assembly? If not may I recommend the Scat cast steel crank and the Scat Forged Ibeam Rods? That is if you feel the cast steel crank is going to be enough for your application. I used their rods and was very impressed with the quality. They all weighed out to within .5 grams of each other straight out of the box before any balancing was done.
Are you going to use a main girdle? If so I will also be watching to see what pieces you use with it, oil pan, fasteners, pick up tube, etc. I am curious what pieces will work together but not interfere pan clearance and so forth.
Yes after reading and searching, I found them. Sombody might have sent me the link and that's how I found them.
Heck yeah Jeff.. offer all the advice tou want, the more info I can find out on what is good and not.. the better I'll be.
On the main girdle.. not sure about that yet. It would be good for extra insurance or if I decide to try a big hit of the gas. I REALLY wanted to mount that Eaton M112. For the amount of boost I wanted to be at, it's just not a smart choice to use that blower. I don't plan on making enough to split the block and then if I was making that kind of power, I honestly don't think it would be good for an everyday sit in rush hour traffic truck with the ac on. Just my opinion. Coming from building s-10's, that was the number one problem I ran it with big horsepower motors, overheating. I tried everything under the sun to keep them cool sitting in traffic. . They would not stay cool. Engine compartment in these truck are just to little I think with this ranger I'm only going to run a little over 9.5:1 compression, good little nitrous cam and AFR heads. I refuse to give up my ac!! HAHAHAAA.. My truck is the twin to yours,except white. In fact.. you're the reason behind this ..I seen your truck and said that's it.. I got to gave me one of those!!