Assembly lube or engine oil for Main cap bolts?

[weissguy]

I'm about to measure my bearing clearances on my sr20det and the FSM does not tell me whether or not I should lube the bolts up with engine oil or with assembly lube. I know it sounds minor but it does make a difference. Does anyone have any info on this/what kind of lube did you use on your sr20det mains installation?

[illvialuver]

lucas assembly lube is great. I would use that before i used regular oil

[BiG MiKE86]

I used some Permatex Ultra Slick from ur local Automotive store for my entire build - works wonders - its a red fluid btw

[sean350z]

Use oil...not assembly lube

[weissguy]

So thats one for oil and one for the lubeski... I'm leaning towards oil because that just makes mores sense to me, but Sean why do you say to use oil?

[BiG MiKE86]

I dont think there is anything wrong with using Assembly Lube - Does anyone have any proof that its no good?