Skipping rebuild?

I previously said I was going to do a full teardown and rebuild on my engine, however I'm begginning to second guess myself. At this point, I would like to just get it installed in my car and worry about all the power adders later. From what Stinger has said in the past you can pretty much just bolt these in from the donor car without doing anything, so that's the basis for the question of just leaving it alone.

As of this time, I have an assembled shortblock, all other parts on standby for install. Will the main/rod bearings and piston rings be allright as they are or should I replace them? I have no idea how many miles are on the engine, the factory crosshatching is still clearly visible, and the cylinder walls appear to be in perfect condition, so...what? Is there a way to check the piston rings without ripping apart the whole thing and creating even more work for myself or should I just go ahead and take it apart anyway?

My main concern is taking the whole thing apart and screwing up the install: improper torque settings, improper technique, etc. So what is the general consensus? Should I leave it alone and just re-assemble the engine and put it in, or should I get some tools and go ahead and rebuild the bottom end?

Stinger said:

If you have a torque wrench, pull one main bearing cap and one rod bearing cap and inspect the bearings. If they are to the copper, replace the bearings (can be done without pulling the pistons/rings). If they aren't to the copper, make sure they are clean, put a little oil on them and torque them back down to spec.

The rings/pistons are fine if the walls look as you say.

I've got any SVO with 130k miles on it...previous owners beat the crap out of it. I just threw a bunch of go fast goodies on it...didn't even think about pulling it/rebuilding it for a second.

Stinger

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I don't have (a good) one, but I have access to one, I'll do that. I'm going to be buying gaskets and such today, and its significantly cheaper without piston rings and such. Originally I was going to rebuild the bottom end for strength purposes, but since I'm not going to immediately be adding mods to it, I don't see the need to.

My general plan is to play with go fast goodies later. I recently came back from Thailand (If interest is shown I'll throw a thread on the talk forums later) and something about drving a 100cc 2 stroke Honda moped for a week does wonders for your perception of "fast". Like I said, I originally was going to do all this stuff to it, but right now I'm just going to throw it in there and have fun.