500 miles until it started and then maybe another 200 at most from driving it since.
I haven't driven it much since it started, and it doesn't seem to do it while driving around. Only stopped at idle, and even then it not immediate. It has to idle a few seconds and then it starts. So I haven't had to add any since it started. I added a little trans fluid to see if Vale seals would swell and stop it, but it never read low enough for me to add oil. I'd have to let it sit in the driveway and smoke out the neighbors for a while to see a difference on the dipstick.
The smoke definitely looks blue to me.
These first two at after getting to temp and burping the coolant system after installing the new Edelbrock manifold + a short .5 Mile drive around the block. I have the plugs I drove with from the rebuild up until the manifold swap that I can take a picture of when I get home, but they were fouled enough for it to have a miss.
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