Wanted to say THANKS to all the members here for their encouraging words. Brain seemed to have got a little overheated but I am back in black. Or dark green as it were.
Spent last night removing all the pistons. Common sense say's if the heads are already off and I need to open the bottom end up to get the girdle installed anyway, I might as well spend the extra time and money to pop the pistons out and do a deglaze and ring job while it's all apart.
This engine has LOW miles, but it appears to have been idled quite a bit as the cylinders are glazed over pretty good. Bearings and crank look excellent, no cylinder cracks and no major scoring.
The best news is after much anxiety and paranoia about the subject, I was overjoyed to find all the main bearing webs are crack free.
ARP is also donating a head stud kit for the project! At this point I could not be happier I decided on the 6.2.
Timing chain is nice and tight.
The injectors are genuine delphi's and look brand new. They are the shortie van style which means future turbo installation will not be a problem. Local guy has some GM turbo's for sale I may be looking into later. Gotta get my whistle going.