1. Yes, the pistons will slide into their bore without the rings
2. Yes, I followed the diagrams on the box they came in
3. Yes, I squared the ring in the bore and found the gaps to be in spec (.016 for second and .020 for top ring)
4. Yes, I measured the gap on all the rings
5. 0.0, all rings were in spec out of the box
6. Yes, I reamed the cylinder ridge during teardown
7. The block hasn't been honed.
8. Yes, I removed all the carbon in the ring grooves so that you can see the metal at the bottom of the groove

The rings are part number SUM-133-139-00