I break all my engines in on Rotella 15/40.
I would not use any snythetic oil for engine break in, this stuff is too slick and can cause your rings to not seat, been there done that. As for oil in the gear box, you could use Rotella or Moblie one synthedtic, but I do not suggest any synthetic gear lube, our stock gearboxes are build with clearence too close for heavy gear lubes and these heavy oil can cause over heating and damage, some folks have ran Red Line MTL sucessfully, but I do not recommend it.
Ok with that said, I do believe what the oil reports say, but I also think there is a little of the ole 'passing the buck" going on here as well, meaning maybe we have more than one problem going on here with lifters and cam lobe wear. Alot of cam regrinders are are NOT hardening the reground cams, Reed Cams told me hardening of flat tappet cam was not needed, that's 100% BS! It is vitally important to match lifter and cam hardnesses, in other words you buy a Billet cam that specs at near 60 Rockwell C and then mate it with a cheap set of lifter tha spec about 48-52, you just begging for a failure. We have been running Comptune reground cams for years that are nitrited after being reground and paired with quality lifter that spec 56 Rockwell C or harder we had great sucess, but most cam grinder just are not doing this because of added expense and less profit. I did a lifter test a few years back and tested stock lifters, chilled iron lifters and Mini Spares lightened lifters and found that chilled iron lifter and the Mini Spares lifters spec at 56-57, perfect for a hardened regrind or a billet cam, but the stock lifter were in the low 50s, too soft. Factory cams were hardend and when these companies regrind them and do not harden then they are less tha they were from the factory, msot hardening like nitriting only penatrate the stell about .030". I've not Rockwell C tested an reground, unhardened cam lobe but I bet it would check in the 40s at best, now pair that with a cheap lifter in the low 50s and you get the picture, failure could be a problem. I think the safest bet for a backyard builder is go to well known source for lifters and cams, I would recommend David Anton at APT and go with his billet or nitrited regrounds and his APT lifters, not cheap, but cheaper than doing it twice.