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@ dirt- thanks for the info. i'll have to check them again. since i'm gonna be at it....i'm gonna measure the bore to double check for warpage.

220-230 huh? Dang...that means I messed up on putting the rings in. I follow the Haynes manual on how to install the rings. Since I'm putting in pr3 pistons and rings...is there a certain way I shoulda put them in? Is there different installation directions than pr4 piston and rings?

hey Magana...I just read about the wet comp test and to think of it...i think that's what i did. I didn't do the dry comp test because there was already oil in all 4 combustion chamber so that's probably why i got 182 across. If I just dry/soak it with paper towel will dry test still be good? Or...

yea...i'm getting good comp it just that oil keeps going into the chamber and burning out. If oil was coming thru the rings..would i still have good comp?? The car idles fine and drives good. Just ALOT of smoke. MORE smoke when i rev. I'll look into that wet comp test. Thx!

And the plastic burning smell might be from the clutch burning off the oil that got on it.

I also looked at that clutch on ebay too. I researched reviews about it and a lot of ppl didn't like it. I don't have any experience with them so can't really say they are bad or if you made a wrong decision tho. To the point tho...if it slips, maybe oil is getting on them from the rear main...

Oil keeps going into combustion chamber. Burning like CRAZZYY!! I recently rebuilt my b18a engine with pr3 pistons (kept it STD). New pistons and rings. Block was honed and resurfaced. Head was sand blasted and clean (like brand new), pressure & leak down tested and good. New valves, valve angle...