Gene,
Thanks for the reply. I woke up this morning and remembered that the brakes were always spongy. They never hardened up and built up pressure. I don't know if that helps or not.

The bench bleed had good flow coming from the lines, however like you said I had to tighten the crap out of the lines to keep them from leaking and there is a leak somewhere at both new calipers b/c it pealed the paint on them. I was letting them gravity flow out to get fluid in the lines initially and noticed the leaks.

Looks like I have my work cut out.