2.0 block and 912E heads, Thinking about "just" a top-end rebuild and changing pistons Options

[Carlitos Way]

I'm not dead-set on this, but I'm thinking this will buy me some time so I can pull the other engine from the car and work on really building that one up.

Here is what I'm seeing.

The engine I picked up at the swap meet seems to have been "recently refreshed"... at least the heads. I can see where the name "Bruce" was printed with permanent market on the outer surface that faces the block.

I took off one of the heads (the one that had the rocker arm assembly loose) and saw that the cylinders, especially the right rear (forgot cylinder number) cylinder have some scouring and lines going up and down.

I took out my handy-dandy micro-gage and confirmed that I have 94 mm pistons. I was initially thinking about doing a complete rebuild, but I'm very tempted to save some money at this time and just get this one "closer to right" rather than building the monster I was thinking about.

I've seen West Coast Core is selling 96 mm pistons and cylinders sets on e-bay. I am not sure if that's the best way to go, but they sure have an "affordable" price point.

Apart from this, I'm guessing a change to a more "beefed up" oil pump and a deep sump should be a good idea. Engine is already out, and I'm thinking it couldn't hurt to have more oil flowing through.

I'm thinking about having the heads checked and cleaned, and perhaps welded for the exhaust breathers.

Any thoughts or ideas?