Well pics will come soon for this once the parts start arriving. And i'll lay them all out and show you all. But I found out what my incessant smoking issue was, cylinder number 1 had super excessive taper at the top near the ring ridge, resulting in 40% leakdown on that cylinder when at ~TDC. I sourced a 99k-mile '94 B230FT from LKQ for a grand, shipped from Iowa or somewhere in that vicinity.
Also going on are the cleaned/freshened (again) T3 55 trim from tryingbe, a matched 90+ mani, browntops, LC1 wbo2, a couple of autometer cobalt gauges (boost/ECT), ipd's pillar pod, converting to TRE 255 in-tank and bypassing the main pump, ATPs ultimate internal wastegate, modifying the downpipe for the 3" v-band at the turbo.
Some parts are already installed such as the pump, i'll take a pic of the "assembly" ive come up with to connect the line to the check valve i took off the main pump. Its just a piece of 1/2" steel pipe welded to a nut with 10x1.0 threads, but it'll get the job done without a bunch of fittings strung together.
I confirmed the wideband powering up the other day, all the wiring is done for that. The old engine is out, theres a small pile of brackets and the oil pan going to the powdercoater monday, engine arrives sometime this week. Manifold needs to be portmatched.
ECT gauge was ordered today, that should be here this week and i can do the final install and wiring for the pillar assembly.
Also ordered a crap load of gaskets from FCP, going to get the oil pan and water pump gaskets from the dealer tomorrow.
Once the engine gets here i'll tear it down and reseal it all, install my IPD turbo cam and readjust the valves. I'd like to drop it all in as an assembly, instead of piece by piece. Havent decided on a color for the oil pan, might just make it the same blue as the valve cover and charge pipes.
Should be good for 200whp i'd say after i figure out a safe boost limit for the turbo via the lc1.
Like i said i'll take pics of the parts piles once its all laying out in front of me.
I also considered pulling the head and adding an mls gasket with arp studs and a "freshening" of the head, but i'd rather save those funds for when i can swap to 2.4 or ms and add a 531 head to the mix. Thats just not possible right now as the replacement of the engine was completely unexpected.
Several things will be coming up for sale soon. Although the engine itself i pulled out will have to be used as a core.