i need to rant here :/
1jz came home last night....it was smoking like crazy...i just thought it was simple green and some other cleaning agents burning off so i just parked it and went into the house as it was already dark.
i checked today, the oil filter relocation line had burst off and i basically lost all oil (had to refill w/ 5 quarts today). the clamp was tight that i couldn't just slip it back on so i loosened it and put the hose back on and tightened it. i then followed it up with filling the oil up again. cranked the engine for 30 seconds after taking the EFI fuse out, then started her up. idle dies, i have to recrank and start her up again. idle tries to die one more time, then all is fine except misfires occaisionally....i let it sit for a few min...and all is fine it seems except alot of smoke. i didn't think much of it...rev the engine to about 4-5000rpm. no rod knock type sounds...just some clicking so i assumed that was just an exhaust leak or something.
i filled up the PS reservoir and it has tons of air in the system so i gotta bleed that out...but i mvoe the car closer to my apartment in the apartment complex and just leave it at that for the time being.
anyways...i go to install my ebc since i have no boost gauge at the moment. i install it and it works

sbc-id is all nice and stuff. i crank the engine to make sure that it reads vacuum and boost and all the sudden after the engine starts, a puff of white smoke comes through the shifter (rubber and leather shiftboot are off and i can see the gruond). i'm like...oh shit...it's getting smoky in here...so i open up the door, and more smoke comes in due to change in pressure of the cabin....i smell something akin to burning coolant...
and then it dawns on me...i might have bhg....that would explain the misfires and the idle dying when the engine is cold....i'll be doing a compression test tommorrow...to see the final verdict...
this happened on:
fresh hks 1.0mm 1jz stopper type mhg
2jz arp head studs torqued to 80ft-lb
freshly rebuilt head with 0 miles
total of 4 or 5 miles on engine after putting it back together
has seen 7000rpm once with no turbos (1jz-ge) cause i had intake piping off, for a period of a half second tops to see if it would rev smoothly
did not see more than 3000rpm during the entire 4-5 miles with average engine engine speed of 2500 or so....
in addition to this, i ended up with a blown motor, blown turbos, went through 6x ct12a's to finally end up with a good pair of ct12a's. had a bad harness when i first started the swap (2500rpm cut problem)....
i am ready to give this shit up...
anyone interested, possibly, in buying a jza70 that's almost done? sigh....
melloboy