He was talking about me......I bought the car for $200 it has about 350k kms on it.....i didnt touch the bottom end besides doing a crank pulley fix without taking the crank out (dowel pins). I slapped on a t3 turbo and im running stock boost so about 9lbs. You think it could be rings??? i dont know about compression....cause it starts fine without a problem, and it doesnt burn any oil. I will be throwing in a new tranny and clutch in the early days of december...maybe i should pull the motor and do the rings aswell.....hmmmm.....decisions decisions.....[/quote]