well I did another compression check today and I had 275-280 across the board except for number4 which was165. I then took some oil and dumped it into number four and did another compression check and I almost broke the guage it shot up so high, atleast 50 more. This pretty much means that my rings arent seated right?

 

Almost sounds like with all that honing and all, the pistons aren't sitting tight enough in the cylinder.

 

yea but the machine shop said they will do all the machine work and assembly for free, I just need to buy the pistons and rings. I am still pissed though. I am going to give it another couple hundred miles and see what happens.

Any suggestions on a place for pistons and rings for a good price?

 

you arent using chrome moly rings are you? ive had alot of bad experiences with those not seating properly do to the hardness of the material. i like cast rings better. with all the ring work you did....did you make sure the ring gaps werent lined up? i dare say that unless you have some bad valve seals its gonna be your rings. if you take the head off..pour some gas in the valves and make damn sure they are seated properly. and look at the rings in #4 and see what the problems are there...check for some taper wear.

 

the rings arent line up, I made sure of this. The smoke has gotten worse after giving it a serious hone. I am thinking that the machine shop over honed my block past spec and didnt think it would smoke this much, so they dint tell me.