[wbnapier]

Yes, I used assembly lube. The machinist gave me a little tin of red and a little tin of yellow. He gave me instructions on which to use for wrist pins, rods, and mains. I also had a can of redline, and two lubes (one dry and one wet) from Total Seal for pistons and bore. The dry stuff for the bores was cool. The wrist pins used double spiro-lox on each side. I cut my hands to pieces, but it was easy assembling them. My 10-yeard old daughter had to stand there and hand me bandaid after bandaid in the kitchen.

I also drissled some break in oil down the crank and counterweigths. The engine was primed twice, once as an assembled long block and again in the car. I had a mechanical oil gauge hooked up.

Yes to the beam torque wrench on the crank. I don't remember the rotational torque needed to spin, but it was good. From memory of the feel, 18-22 ft.lbs. The whole assembly rotated beautifuly in the shortblock with the one-piece RMS in.

As a postive side note, the engine didn't leak a drop of oil or coolant.