400 builds-anybody?? NON STROKER!

Off "B" topic, but I built a cast-crank 469" stroked 440 (offset ground to 3.915") using 7.1" rods and ICON #824 pistons. I got the ICON's early on, when they were $450 a set and the 7.1" rods I got in a pile of parts cheap. The crank was NOS and I had bought it for $30 in 1991 from Chrysler. The crank shop charged me $200 to offset grind and polish the mains only. My balance guy was amazed when the whole shebang balanced almost perfectly out of the box, with neutral balance flexplate and balancer. No mallory metal needed and VERY minimal drilling on the counterweights to balance. He said MoPar factory balance (notoriously bad) was not that close, and I really could have just run it unbalanced. You get lucky sometimes with thrown-together combos! LOL