Flywheels again, OH MY!

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh fer gosh sakes, not this subject again, hasn't this been beat to death
yet?
Ha ha.

Well I finally got a flywheel that fits the crank flange on a 1970 V8 304.
 Eddie from Clyde NC put it up on ebay after seeing my posts on this
list. Had to purchase extra stuff I don't need but hey I got a flywheel that
bolts to
the crank. Only thing is the flywheel off of my 79 AMX 304 has a bunch more
engine balancing holes drilled in it than the flywheel I bought from Eddie.
Eddie
told me it's off a 70 304. He said the car had a 4 speed in it. Did 70 304
Javelins
come with 4 speeds from the factory? It would be easy to fit one though too.
Anyway, it has two 5/8" dia hole drilled on the face and three
11/32" holes drilled on the rim about 45 degrees from the 5/8 holes.
Does this sound like I should be
able to have it match balanced to my 70 304 flex plate? I haven't seen the
flex plate
for some time because it's still in the car with a tranny behind it, so I
don't remember
how much added weight it has.
Neither flywheel
has the additional cast square bump on the crank side. I seem to remember
some one saying that the bigger
cube V8s had that extra square weight cast in them.

Now for the really important question. What type equipment would a machine
shop need to match balance
the flywheel with the known correct balance (for my 304) flexplate. A prior
post to  the list stated they had done this for their setup.
I really do not want to tear the engine down as it runs absolutely great and
uses no oil, so that it out of the question.
I live in a place where machine shops know their chevies and do a lot of
work on tractors, but they seem to know
little about how to do this or what machine would be used. However I do live
close to Sioux Falls SD, and their may be some competent people  there or in
the metro area of MN. If I took these parts to a drive shaft shop could they
possibly do it?
Oh yeah speaking of machining, if I have to take .050 off the face to clean
it up is that OK? How much can be safely taken off
without messing everything up?

Wow long post, my fingers are cramped up.
Thanks
Armand