School me on balancing an engine.

my biggest problem is I only have one shop anywhere near me and they are not nice people. They act like I owe them and will not even give me the time of day until I pay them the money then they will work on my stuff. I dont like there attitude but there is nobody else in the area and they know that.

I feel for you. I do the same thing when I'm dealing with somebody I don't completely trust.

Well I got one fer ya'll then. I just bought an Eagle steel 4 inch stroke crank, forged aluminum, dished pistons, Eagle I beam rods, all with ARP hardware. It was all sold through Indy as a kit. Before they shipped it, I had them internally balance the crank. I have a balancer that has the removable counterwieght, and will go with a non-wieghted converter. My question is this..... I thought the crank would have mallory slugs in it, they just drilled the crank throwes. This is not what I was expecting, Is it right?

Mine was the same as yours...forged Eagle crank, SIR rods, Ross dish pistons, no heavy metal in the crank for internal balance.