New videos
 

I decided to play with youtube, so I now have a couple videos of my '82 300CD up. I have a cold start, blow by when warm, and exhaust when warm.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=derherr65

Is the blowby normal, or excessive?

yeah that blowby does look a little excessive, but hey, if it runs....

Your exhaust smoke and blowby seem identical to mine. Does the car burn oil? Does your car let out a larger plume on WOT? My car runs great. I get 12-15 sec 0-60. Starts on first crank (25F--the coldest it's been here since I installed reman head). Since installing the new head, I don't seem to be burning any oil in an significant amounts.

I noticed that your tach is reading about 550 on startup. Does it stay there after warm? I'm thinking my idle may be a bit high--around 850.

850 is not to high at all, i think there supposed to be around 750 at idle, but i dont see why 850 wouldnt be acceptable