I'll answer my own question on the torque specs- thanks to the good old motors manual-I looked the specs up on google and used the wrong specs for this motor
the early Ford 351W engine we are working on has the torque for the rods at 25lbs and the later 351w had 45lbs for the rods
Mains 60-70 lbs early 95-105 lbs later
OOPS
I tried torquing the rods at 45 lbs on this motor and that sure didn't feel right so I've got new rod bolts and nuts coming

cheers
hank