I've decided, for right now, to just build back to stock, so I have my DD back, with another block, drop the rebuilt block in, take the block currently in, and if it's good, rebuild that to low compression forged internals as my wallet permits.

My question is do I need to get new pistons and rods? It's a junkyard block, but it's listed in 'a' condition. It comes with the rotating assembly. I know I can keep the crank, since that's not going to break on an extra 30 hp even if it is a rebuilt engine, but the rods and the pistons are concerning me. I don't want to put this together and then have it explode in 2 months, this has to last me until I get the forged engine put together, which could realistically be 4 years.

Let me know what you think I should include in my rebuild kit, so I can go price things....

Being a college student blows.