Is Butler backed up on shipping rotating assemblies? I think that's the way I'd go if I was you, if they can ship it when you need it. That way you get everything you need in one tidy package. They should be able to tell you the target bore size for the pistons, too, so you can have the block machined before it's shipped to you. Then you just put it together and away you go.
I do agree though that I'd much rather have a factory crank than a cast Chinese crank. Maybe you can source a factory crank over here and have it shipped with your block and have Butler put a kit together with everything but the crank?
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'72 Formula 400 Lucerne Blue, Blue Deluxe interior - My first car!
'73 Firebird 350/4-speed Black on Black, mix & match.
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