Dial bore indicators are merely comparators to your mics; is a Mitutoyo or Sunnen the best, absolutely; will a Fowler compliment Starret or Mitutoyo mics well enough, probably for a garage enthusiast. I am no pro myself but if I was starting from scratch I would buy better mics (you use them a lot more when you have them) and buy a budget dial bore indicator. Ring squaring tools come in ranges for bore so they will fit a variety of bore sizes, and if only doing one or two engines the house brand manual will be fine. For piston/ring install, tapered tools are great and for like $40 for the Summit brand they work great. Soft jaws for your vice or pieces of copper for torquing rod bolts are a must unless you buy a rod vice. And like said before the oil pump priming shaft and an old distributor housing with a corded electric drill.
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