Just had a set of heads come in. He soaked the lifters until hard. Installed,Set the preload and cranked her over. Bent 6 valves. He brought the heads to us to fix. I run all the hydraulics at zero to 1/4 turn down no more. Comp Cams and others tells you do not soak the lifters. Prime the pump while turning the engine with no plugs in it. You'll feel the lifters pump up.
Where did you hear 1/4 turn at a time until full turn. That use to be GM instruction while they were running with oil deflectors on the rockers.
The performance tip in the mopar performance Engine book for Mopar is zero for the track and 1/4-1/2 for the street. Just so you don't hear them. T/A engines were 1/4 turn on all of mine