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Thanks for the advice guys. I recently tore the motor down and discovered the #1 rod bearing was spun. It looked like the rod bolts on #1 stretched because I had to use more force than usual to pull it apart and put it back together once I had it out. As far as the turbo seals. I now know it definitely wasn't anything related to the turbo because I recently swapped the turbo into an 88 motor that I got from a parts car. This motor runs good too; considering it has 180k on it and its the original jet valve head. Ok back to my motor. Besides the bearing being spun there were no other tell tale signs to explain the oil consumption. I'm leaning towards the rings not being gapped properly. However the cylinders were so clean I was surprised. (Very little wear ). I think the rings simply were causing the blow by. It did smoke if I let it idle for a while or I boosted . I am probably going to just have the machine shop turn the crank and get oversized bearings. Also I'm getting new rods with ARP bolts, and a new complete hydro rocker njv head. She's getting a new oil pump all new freeze plugs and dowels. I'm going to have the machine shop hot tank and magnaflux it. I don't think It needs to be decked . My pistons looked good except for some slight nicks on#1 at the edge lip area. And yes by the way it was fouling plugs. The funny thing was that it didn't drink as much oil of I stayed off the turbo. OK well if anyone has anymore advice and suggestions feel free to hit me up. Don't be shy to tell me if I'm overlooking or neglecting any important steps. Thanks!