Burning oil

I remembered today when I tore down for the rebuild, cylinders 2 and 7 also had broken top rings (besides #3 that blew the ringland) the ring gap was way too tight and lasted through two years of pretty hard abuse and bad tuning while I figured out this hot rodding stuff on my own. I definitely remember it having more blow-by than it does now and it didn't smoke at all.

Ring gap is good, tune is even more conservative than it has ever been. Just some thoughts I had on it today, really hoping it's valve guides/seals.