Which Book?
I purchased the HPBooks, "How to Rebuild your Small-block Mopar" By Don Taylor and Larry Hofer. Out of this book, I learned from scratch how to do the job end to end with much sucess.
I only added a few "Hot Rod" parts as the build went on. Just remember, the whole engine assembly must be balanced. Rods, pistons and then togther with the crank and the balancer and flywheel/flex plate/converter.