replacing rod bearings in car

if it just needs to be self motive and the motor or its parts are not going to be used later, i would pull the offending piston and rod, along with the matching lifters and pushrods, and plug wire,close it up and leave it. 5 cylinders should be enough to shift the car around, but other issues might arise if its run very long.

i saw a 4 cylinder flathead that this was done to many years before i saw it opened, it had run a tractor like that for some time and was still running when it was removed. for reasons unknown the bore had been plugged with a block of wood