school me on stroker smallblocks

What every you do don't buy a kit that is balanced. By the kit unbalanced and get a good reputable local shop to balance it correctly.

Exactly what Bill said... The balance job done buy the companies is marginal at best. Have a shop do the balance with everything matched up, not pulling weights off boxes... like at least one company does.

flexplate/balancer has nothing to do with 340Fastbacks comment. It's about sloppy work by the distributors. Many of the kits are internally balanced anyways.