trying to bring back from about 5 pages buried;

On pistons; was looking at just stock type Badger or Silvolite.
but after suggestion above, I am thinking 9:1 flat tops with valve reliefs; that's 9:1 with stock smog heads I am thinking, with the Magnum heads (smaller chambers than the smog '76 era heads)I am thinking that it may be a a bit much for pump 87; do you guys agree?

and the machinist is telling me that if I go with anything "but" stock type replacements I'm gonna have the added expense of a balance job; It's the kid's 1st build and he's already wanting to go overboard, with me trying to tell him "hang on a a minute"
I want to teach him what I can about engine rebuilding on this one,
I want to build it up a bit while we are at it, but this is meant for daily driver duty in all but road salt season... so I don't want to overdo it. If I was building this motor for my volare I might do things a bit different than I am building it to go into a Ramcharger.