Well,

All I can tell you is what I have done in the past....Tom will chime in here I'm sure (or Josh).

I would whole heartedly recomend an ultimate wear ring, a double drilled billet thrust cap, double drilled stator (bowl), balanced impeller, race shaft, and a pump brace on the suction housing.

These are just the basics and way more can be done, like, stuffers, bowl and suction blending (Extrude Hone  ) filled handhole, shoe, yada yada blah blah blah....
But this will keep it together and will be tough as nails...A little secret on the impeller though.....
Have the area of the keyway blended into the hub of the impeller on the ends. Out of the five failed stainless Impellers I have witnessed, four broke at the key groove, the fifth was simply used as a gravel grinder....

Can't wait to see what Tommy recommends 

BTW, If you really want to go bulletproof, get a billet suction housing and stator.   

Money is no object but only because I don't have any....

GT

I was going to say don't forget the shaft, and sugest a pump brace also.... If I'm not mistaken the "blueprinting" simply means getting all of the clearances set right. Don't get me wrong I don't know chit......I just put a pump together...and after I finished I scratced my head and thought " gee I wonder if I was supposed to have that impeller balanced". Something tells me I'm about to wish I'd have had that thought BEFORE    I did it, not after

FWIW, I always dynamically (spin balance on two planes) my impellers, only because I have access to the tools and knowlege.

Stainless impellers, IMHO, should always be balanced on the shaft it will be run on, might just be me though.

Aluminum, not as important, but a good idea (it's a weight thing)...

GT

ok.. CHIT.. this sounds above my pay grade to do myself.. I suppose I'll need to find someone local to do this as I think it would be PITA to take out..       Guess I need to gather some more info.

Maybe i am just lucky but I have 800+ HP in a stock Berkely with a aluminum A Impeller. I have made several W.O.T passes , have no pump brace and it lasted all season. I don't know for how much longer it would have , but it did last the whole season.

Maybe i am just lucky but I have 800+ HP in a stock Berkely with a aluminum A Impeller. I have made several W.O.T passes , have no pump brace and it lasted all season. I don't know for how much longer it would have , but it did last the whole season.

I have no where near 800 hp, but every time I'd unload my pump it sceeeerrd the chit out of me. I got tired of looking back to see if I exploded chit. I look at the shaft, impy, brace,ect. kinda like insurance.

When HB cut down my impeller, he sent me straight to the balancing shop.

Here's a pic of our pump brace

just 2 bolts to the front of the pump and then to the strigers, right?

Yep, you got it.