Hey Alan, glad you got your engine back together (I followed your grams removal thread).
Regarding your question - you will get as many different answers as there are people that build engines.
The system that I use, learned from a pro-engine builder that I know and trust, is three heat cycles at a stand still (throttle blipping and so forth . . . checking for leaks and other problems while doing so), followed by a lowish RPM pass though the gears (stop and check for leaks and problems), and then hammer and tongs from that point on. This is easiest to accomplish on a dyno, but can be done street or track, too.
So in other words, I would have been ripping on the track in your car already.