Right guys I'm trying to figure out what to do with the engine from my rst. The car had 86k on clock and no evidence that it was rebuilt before . The car had 5 owners before me and looks like it was looked after. I only had the car running briefly before I began the big tear down. Was no obvious knocks etc.

I have the shell back and started to fill up the bay. Next thing to go in is the loom and brake pipes so engine will be then.

I am looking to either rebuild the engine or buy a rebuilt engine. So far I have stripped the head and the block is just wrapped up in a black bag. I have collect a good amount of parts over the last two years like ford oil pump, water pump, timing belt kit, gaskets, studs, valve stems. I don't have a new cam or anything for the bottom end apart from new sump.

I have rang a decent builder and he's talking about inspecting everything and taking it from there. He was talking about boring, crank regrind, new pistons, shells etc etc.

Need a steer here as in what should be done ? Would be better to change the pistons or just rings etc? It's gonna be a chunk of cash either way . My other thought was to try get a freshly built one off here?

Spec wise- I'm not chasing power and she will run standard airbox with k&n, s/s exhaust (forget what make), have a airtec rad here. Prob put a -31 on also.

The other option is to just wack the head a block back on and just hope for the best.

My worrie is I get the work done and then something like the mfi gives up ghost or I go spending more money on parts and work that's not really needed.