well, I finally got my car running after 6months of waiting for machine shops and other bullshit.
heres what I got.
b18a w/srp 11.5 pistons and eagle rods
gsr head 3angle port and polish w/ stage 3 crowers,skunk 2 retainers and springs
and some other stuff

any way I originally thoought that the rings were just seating but from day one of starting the engine it smokes blueish white smoke. 500 mi later same thing.
The car smokes when at idle and when I rev abit it seems to go away. when I am open throttle alot of whte smoke. Now I heard that smoke at idle is valve guides.

I check the plugs religously and 2 and 4 have oil on them. I really hope that the rings arent ****ed. I did a compression test and I had 200-220 all the way across. I changed the pcv valve but that didnt really help. I have only had the motor running for a week and I dont know what to do. I havnt lost any coolant and my exhaust tip is black and gummy, not powdery. I am losing oil somewhere and dont know what to do. Could it possibly be a head gasket? I think that the compression check would of revieled that.

the engine feels real strong and I want to drive it but I am deathly afraid that I might screw something up.

let me know what you guys think because I am about to roll the car off of a cliff in about a minute.

 

you are losing oil?? you checked the oil level? i dont think there's much you can do really. leak-down test, and probably gonna have to pull apart the engine again.

 

well. I just did the head gasket today and it seems to be worse. This Time I used lots of copper spray. what the **** is going on. I really hope its not the rings. compression checks out good.

I am really hoping that the hopeless assholes that built my engine knew what they were doing!!

 

Have someone follow you and see if there is smoke between shifts. If there is then it's your exhaust valve seals. Since vacuum is highest at deceleration it willsuck the oil sitting on top of the valve seals.

 

I thought that the intake valve guide seals were bad then. I didnt think there was any vacuum on the exhaust valves.

 

mt bad, I meant the intake valves. But if you're gonna replace the intake seals, might as well replace the exhaust seals too. Thanks for clearifying.

 

they are all brand new. I had the head completely rebuilt when I had the port and polish, and soprings installed. I did check those though atleast a few and they looked fine to me. I think My oil rings never seated like they were supposed to. I am just going to put another few hundred on the motor and after 1k mi if it still blows smoke I am going to have to go back in and use honda oem rings this time.

 

the compression test was good because the oil in the cyl sealed the rings. You should not be smoking noticeably after a couple of hot cold cycles or you have a problem.
Past time to fix it you have a ring problem.
Remember after you get it fixed it will smoke because you now have coated the inside of your exaust with oil.
Did you assemble yourself? Did you install the rings properly? Before condeming aftermarket parts make sure they are properly used. I don't know how well OEM rings work on aftermarket pistons. At least you post reads like aftermarket parts.
Good luck

 

well, I replaced the rings and honed the block really good. now it is still smoking really bad and I have a bout 180mi on it. what could be wrong?/ possible head gasket problem.

 

just did compression check:#4..210 #3..225 #2..225 #1..225.

this is the same results that I had last time before I changed my rings. What could be going on here???