Fullproof5oh

Hey there. I'm Eric and I've got a little problem with my '89 GT. I've got a 5.0 under the hood with a Holley Systemax II top end kit and for some reason its blowing a lot of blue smoke. It's a brand new kit (motor hasnt been tuned for the kit) but, when I whipe my finger on the inside of the tailpipes its caked with oil. I can see the header gaskets are trapping some oil so I know its something inside. I'm thinking maybe the oil rings are fried? Or could it be a cylinder head problem? I had my mechanic run a compression test and compression came up just fine. The car leaks no oil. I was thinking of rebuilding the motor with a rebuild kit from summit racing but begged the question, is the top end kit putting too much stress on the bottom end? I just want this problem taken care of because I cant stand to see my car being garaged haha. Any advice on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

TrimDrip

sounds like a ring. If it started after putting the top end on, I would suspect something with it...

rydinturbo

motor hasnt been tuned for the kit!!!!!!!!!!!!!????
was it doing this before you changed the top end?

Fullproof5oh

Well I'm not the original owner of the car. The guy I got it from never tuned it because he was waiting on a bigger mass air sensor and it was on backorder for a while. So he never really got around to it but he told me all the work done to the motor was done by a near-by speed shop so I can't tell what kind of work they did. I do have the original parts and on the underside of the lower intake manifold it looks like theres been some charring. Looking like something was burning underneath it. But I can ask this guy how it was before he put the topend on.