Quote Originally Posted by turbob20 View Post
nippon racing rings and i clocked em like i usually do top ring a little off from the exhaust center away from the thrust axis on the piston side skirt second a little off the intake but 180 from the first, oil control rings about 90 degrees apart. ive built a but load of these things but i used the same gsr head for years on mine. swapped that ride got another with ls swap and here im am but with a b16 head this time. i just wonder if i fell for the oh its only got blah blah miles on the head? looked great and already decked .10 thousandths but no other work was done at that time i just did the mods and plugged the head. ive used all the same stuff since 03 same seller and all! only possible thing i can tell right off is the pcv line ive run from valve cover to catch can has gotten to hot an may be sucking together some but i dont think theres any oil in the can still even at 500 miles. also ive noticed during this break in that when i do a vacume break letting the engine cost me to stops that it will blow out some smoke at idle then clear up. only in vtec and after pulling the vacume breaks and getting right back on it. that would be the main time oil could be sucked from the head right before the valve closes right? anyways thanks guys maybe its a little of both ring and seals.no smoke at start up or idle but will when reving in neutral.
yup, you used shitty rings.

Put OEM honda ones in, or personally i like Wisecos. the nippon,topline,etc rings all have REALLY fat gaps on the top ring, and really low tension oil control rings which means youre going to have smoking problems.

i bet your top ring gap is like 20 lol

you will get GOOD compression numbers because there is oil in the cylinder, and a compression test only tests the top ring anyway