[alice]

I have been following your build for a while, now. You have done an outstanding job and I am so impressed! But I would like to comment on your blow by issue, if I may. I know you have used the best parts in your engine build, along with necessary forged components. I have built many, many FI engines with forged internals, as well, running as high as 25PSI boost and have never had a blow by issue as you are experiencing. I am puzzled by all this blow by. I hesitate to say this but I would like to express my concerns over your issue.

I am afraid all of your efforts to control your excessive blow by is masking a deeper, serious problem in the build with respect to possible piston to cylinder wall clearances or ring end gap clearances or some other cylinder/piston/ring issue. Your abnormal blow by that you have described is not only going to possibly cost you much reduced engine life but certainly is contributing to significant HP losses that you will never realize. I would be really be concerned about running the engine and possibly doing further & even extensive damage, without identifying and correcting the root cause.

With that being said, I would consider this discussion and what, if any appropriate action is justified. You have a "one-of-a-kind, awesome build and this is the only questionable thing I see in everything you have done. I know if this was my Camaro, I would be disappointed with a blow by issue that you are fighting. I am not being critical in any way, I admire you and your Camaro and only want to add any additional help that I can to a Camaro Buddy!! Please take this as a constructive discussion. All of us strive for perfection in our projects. I hope that what you have done to address your blow by issue, at least, allows some control of this aggravating situation.