Forgive the stupid stroker kit question.

Mostly, a "street balance" job gets the pistons and crank drilled to remove weight, while a "race balance" job get weight removed by grinding, and all the factory drilled holes in the counterweights welded up and ground and blended to the counterweight. Maybe the rods and pistons are matched within a few grams on a street balance, while a race engine would be spot on for each of them.


And the second balance job costs way more than the first.

My favorite balance job is when I can turn down the counter weights and use a very small slug of Mallory to balance. But damn, I charged through the nose for that.