Bill,
I called ARP for the reasons that you state, with the exception of the torque, which is another matter. The studs should be perfectly clean and dry and you apply a thin layer to the threads wherever they come in contact with a mating surface. Bob at ARP said that the best studs and bolts are the ones that are already stretched, so they highly recommend using theirs over. Actually, he said that they are designed just for that.
OK, now the torque issue.
I went over to the machine shop today, because I wanted to see the progress on my engine. He was getting the rods ready to be resized and had the new ARP rod bolts installed. I asked him what he would use for torque settings and he said what was in the package for the ARP Moly Lube. If he was using 30W oil, it would be different. For what it's worth, Bob uses nothing but ARP bolts and studs on all of the engines that he builds.
There is a section of the ARP site that specifies all of the torque settings, both with their moly and with 30W oil.