the damper if you take the ring off it you have a hub? so why not run the damper it will take up the harmonics ?? the snout of the small block with two key way one at 12 and 6 will not leave much steel for the snout i would cut the crank for one long key way and run as much press as you can on it and be done with it .the two key ways take steel out you do not have and you split the press on a small snout i do not like this