on the rod bolts, if it's a billet rod, check the manufacturers specs....some will tell you that if you put a light coating of oil, then you need to torque it to XXX, otherwise, torque it to XX. assembly lube is usually used only for a coating on moving parts (i liike to put a little on the cam lobes and journal), but building my own engines too, i don't put anything on the bolts unless it's a small dot of red or blue locktite!!