ITR0950

Ok so I put a Jackson Racing Supercharger on my car last week and when i took everything apart I replaced the factory head studs with ARP headstuds just as a safety thing. When we did so, we didnt drain the coolant or any fluids for that matter. Well we bolted the head back on to factory trq. specs (according to Helms) and then put the supercharger and everything on. Well now that everything is back together, when we go to turn the car on, a lot of white smoke comes from the engine. I am running open header right now because i have not had a chance to get to the exhaust shop to get it welded to the rear section so I am not sure if the smoke is coming out of the header or from around the engine itself. Also if that couldnt be the only thing that would scare the crap outta me... we plug all the factory injectors and the stock ecu for a while just to get it to drive for a couple days until i can get the hondata tuned again, and when we turn on the car it Idle's really crazy. Now the timing has not been adjusted at the distributor yet either. I talked to one of the local Honda specialty mechanics and he said the let the car run for a while because the smoke is most likely from coolant that got into the block because we didnt drain the coolant first. He said to let the car run for a while and clear out all the crud and then worry about the idle problem. When i say idle problem i mean that when i turn the car on, the rpm's will jump from 1000 to 3500 and back down to 1000 and back up and continue like this the entire time the car is on. HELP please. Motor is stock b18c5. Thanks for the help in advance.

DefiantGSR

I believe when you change the head bolts/studs..you're supposed to replace the HG.

ITR0950

I did. Replaced the head gasket with an OEM Honda Head gasket for my motor.

DefiantGSR

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