Your original rebuild was one of the threads that gave the the confidence to tackle my
own. Just as an fyi, I could not quiet my ticking valve train until my rockers were rebushed. It can be hard to tell if they are in the motor as even the most minor gap can tick pretty loudly. It was hard for me to determine if the sound was valve train or something else, but since you are proceeding I can only assume you are confident that it is more than a noisy rocker.
If oil starvation was bad enough to harm #2 rod bearing, I would be concerned about every bearing in the bottom end.
Good luck with your project.