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Well after firing up the car after the turbo upgrades i noticed the car kept wanting to get warm under a bit of load. Water level checked out fine. I figured it might be the electric fan, but i also remember the fan never caused a problem before the turbo swap. So after a pass at the 1/4 sunday i noticed the gauge climb somewhat warm again. Not overheating warm, but the needle was up some. So we let it cool down and pop the cap off the radiator. We see some bad news. It appeared there was oil mixed in with the coolant :-(. So we limp the car home, temp gauge remained steady. After arriving home, we pop the plugs out in like 15min and do a compression check. #1 cylinder was at 90psi. #2 at 125psi. The rest around 150psi. So i called a friend with a leak down test tool. #1 cylinder lost 80% and #2 lost 25% of the air pushed in it. So we i then made the decision to get the engine back out for a major overhaul which i was avoiding in the first place because before the first motor pull, no signs of problems, so why start a problem? I guess a had a problem awaiting me. Oh well, more practice at pulling a motor. So after about 3.5-4hrs of easy labor the motor is out. MUCH easier the 2nd time around! After another 2hrs we had both heads off the block and we start inspecting for damage. #1 valves are somewhat damaged from possible detontation but nothing MAJOR. All 6 pistons look reasonable for 126,000 miles. I'll be taking a close inspection of the bottom side early next week when i get ahold of my engine stand. So far i'm looking at getting the heads resurfaced and a valve job. Will keep everyone posted as i get parts re-installed and so forth. Then after this, hopefully i can get some dyno and timeslips for these new turbos. But after sunday, my car was able to pull 117.xmph in the 1/4 at 19psi with these 2 down cylinders. There is lots of hope still here, just not alot of hope in the checkbook lol. 
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Motor is already back out after just a 2 weeks :( - 
