full rebuild? or just top end?

[kjc292]

I've been looking into and just waiting for when i have garage to rebuild an engine. I have two 292's sitting in storage(moms garage) and talked to couple guys at work about rebuilding. Pretty much what it came down to and i also thought this before, is just do what you want to clean the block up at a shop( hot tank it, machine it all nice) then have the shop rebuild the lower half. To many things can go wrong with the bottom end. all the specs that the average guy couldn't measure with out the $$$ tools. but the top end can be done at home. Then once is all put together for the main block, tap her off and paint.