Ive spoken to my mechanic and he also thinks its the rings... And a compression check has not garuntee of proving it as the compression rings could be fine...
Im buying a second block and rebuilding it. Nothing special just replacing the rings, bearings, giving it a clean and machining where required... Might have the comp bumped up a wee bit too...
So it looks like a rebuild of some sort for the both of us...
And those vids look nasty! Mines nowhere near that bad, but a VN SS gave me a run for my money so tis time to get my power back