My oil burning pig. Pics too!

Yesterday I changed oil, wemt out and pounded the snot out of it, made a few "passes" on the local "safe spot".......took a nice long ride after. Ended up putting 81 mile on it.

Came home and checked my new oil. BLACK BLACK BLACK.

Talked to my machinist today and we both agreed, it ain't guides or seals or porosity from the porting...it's gotta be the rings. He thought no way are bad guides going to allow a teaspoon of oil to pass by AND the fact that the oil is black,

Maybe when i WAS sucking oil through the valley, I glazed up the cyl walls? Maybe the gapless rings never were seated? He did not have nice things to say about gapless rings.

So...as much as it's gonna kill me, my plan is to yank it, have it re-honed with torque plates and re-ring it with CONVENTIONAL rings. Maybe even change the cam....it could be contributing due to huge overlap and late intake closing event. I bought it used cause someone didn't like it. Wonder why?

That's the plan......right now.