sweet just more fuel for my fire to want to built a new 3L. As for the smoke i did a compression test to see if maybe i had bad rings and that wasn't the culprit. so maybe valve guides or something? oh well, thanks for the response every one.

1998 T-Red SVT (SOLD) #4230 BOD-12/5/97 99 3L and stuff 2003 Jaguar X-Type