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Do a compression test wet and dry to rule out ring wear

Dude, are you for serious?

If you plugged the nipple on the throttle body, how are the lines off the valve covers routed? Edit, sorry if im mixing you two up lol you have very similar avatar pictures

Haha didnt mean to tell it to you like you don't know anything, but sometimes when explaining things over the internet its easy to say something and interpret it in different ways, not to mention it will help others if they search for the topic. Good luck!

is the cylinder itself alright or did pieces of the valve screw up the walls pretty bad? Looks like the guy who built it screwed up and took too much off the head or something.

You must mean .5mm because afaik there is no .050" size piston and if you did .500" you would have no more cylinders lol. .5mm= .020" over

Try checking the distributor seal? Seems like it could be leaking down from up there but you only see it once it has made its way to the bottom.

Not sure about the turbo part, but smoke on decell is a pretty good indication of valve stem seals, as is smoke on startup. When you decell you have the highest manifold vacuum your engine ever sees, and it pulls oil past the guides into your intake. After sitting overnight oil seeps down past...

Does is smoke on decell?

You are correct, but when they say crack them loose, that means turn them counter clockwise until you hear it snap/less than 1/4 turn. Do one at a time like that in the TIGHTENING order (Starting in the middle going out). (Ex: crack number 1 center bolt loose less than 1/4 turn, torque back to...

QFT So does cylinder pressure have no affect on the stock head gasket at all?

hahaha someone did a pretty good job with that!

i thought you were driving when all of a sudden your engine fell out... lulz

Head is complete!

With the camshaft gears installed and the marks lined up, the center hole in the cam is actually strait up and down. I think that picture is just how they want you to install the cams when screwing them down.

Well if you have your crank ground you need to fit undersize bearings (Thicker bearing wall). Your block and rods should be resized back to an equal size (whatever your bearing calls for) and then your crank ground based on the bearings etc. If you have your crank ground its obviously going to...

Lookin good! Any clips of exhaust sound?

Dont let a BHG kill your dreams :P

"More dissapointed than angry, you know, we've been looking forward to this day" :biglaugh:

You will probably get better info if you make your post understandable