Well, it sounds like you have everything under control. You shouldn't need to prime it for 15 minutes though. Just long enough to get oil to squirt out of the rocker arms is good enough.
Right, the M4F should be fine for your purposes.
I can post a picture of the card that came with my F298 if you need me to.
Gauges can be found at
www.jegs.com or
www.summitracing.com as well as others...
