I follow the ring makers instructions on gapping and installing the rings. I have learned it is way better to have .0020+ more ring end gap than having .0001 to little work
I would not use a synthetic oil on a freshly bored and honed cylinder walls or on the pistons tsk tsk
Petroleum based oil or ATF, no synthetic base lubes ever twocents
The only assembly lube I will use is on the flat tappet type cams, solid or hydraulic non roller lifters. On the lobes and on the bottom of the lifters, not on the sides of the lifters, oil them and the insides of the lifter bores.
The motors run on oil, not on assembly lube, I do prime all my motors and spin them over while priming them before starting them wrench up

Last edited by Cab_Burge; 12/26/22 05:18 PM.
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)