Assembly lube should never be used on cylinder walls, as it is too slippery for the rings to seat properly. Use motor oil on cylinder walls, piston skirts, ring faces, ring grooves, etc. Other than that, there are a couple of different types of lubes to use in different parts of the engine. Use extreme pressure lubes (moly lube) on cam lobes, lifter crowns, pushrod ends, rocker arm tips, tops of valve stems. Use a regular assembly lube on all bearing surfaces (rod, main, cam journals),piston pins, lifter bores, lifter bodies, rear main seal, timing cover seal, etc. Prime the oil pump, while turning the engine over by hand through at least two revolutions. Have the carb bowls full of fuel, set timing as close as possible so the engine will start immediately. Run engine at 2000-2500 rpm for 20 minutes to break in cam/lifters.
[ September 11, 2002: Message edited by: engineguy ]</p>