I have a 93 GT with a Paxton SN92 blower, GT40 x heads and intake, SVO roller rockers and a f303 cam. I bought the car with all of the engine work done. A few months ago the PCV valve blew out of the lower manifold and after some research and a compression test, i figured that I had two cylinders with bad rings in them. I finally got the engine out of the car and started to tear it down. I just pulled the drivers side head off, which is the one with two bad cylinders, and i was able to see the pistons and cylinder walls of the two bad cylinders. The motor has 50k on it and the piston walls still have very visible cross hatching and no obvious marks from a ring scratching into them. My question is. if there is a bad ring, would it definitely mark the cylinder wall, or could it blow by without causing any damage? I need to rebuild this motor on the cheap if at all possible. I would like to take the block to get hot dipped and honed, and I am hoping that I dont have to get it bored out, cause that would mean that i have to buy new pistons, which increases my cost. "not what i want" Would it be ok to just hone the cylinders and put new rings in? what else should i do, without spending too much money? I know this is a lot of questions, but I am hoping that someone on where can lend me there expertise. GOD knows i need it. I am no idiot when it comes to cars, but i cannot say i know everything. I have never rebuild an engine and I dont want to mess up a great car. Thanks in advance for any help