new build specs

The cylinders had good compression when run last, so I checked close for any scoring, things are good. Light hone and good to go. Put it all back together. New bearings, plastiguage, torqued to 95 on the mains, 45 on the rods. .0004-.0006 tolerance. Good. Installed the new melling high volume oil pump, and checked every rod and cap one more time. Sprayed lube into the bottom of the pistons to clear any little thing that I couldn't see. Looked at everything, slowly, double checked, then flipped it over. Break time!
So, next I'll install the cam and timing set. then the heads. I assembled the heads thursday, new Isky springs, manley valves. Gonna run my crane adjustable rockers, this is my first time running them on a hydraulic cam. I have to check the length of these rods, though, I am concerned they might be the wrong length. If they are, no worries, I have several sets of stamped rockers, and stock rods. gonna have to do some measuring, and research the rod lengths. So far so good! Do you guys soak your hydraulic lifters before you set your lash? Hughes says don't, isky says lubricate, summit says do soak for an hour, I don't know who is right. I don't want to mess this up. Last time I used stamped rockers and did not soak them, but when I fired that one up it was pretty scary in the first few seconds of the break in, I count myself lucky it turned out really well. that car was vicious. What do you all think?