I'm really hoping I caught this in time to just be a blown turbo seal / bearings. Nothing grenaded. I could always hear the turbo on this car, it didn't get suddenly louder. Just so much smoke. My wife ran out yelling "turn it off, turn it off!"
Here is another question...
IF I can determine that the entire motor is not shot - maybe I need a turbo, who knows - I'm thinking of doing the timing, pulleys, water pump, and clutch while I'm into it. Might as well just pull the motor and do it all. Make sense? I also have block off plates for the air pump (coded out the cel long time ago when it failed), leaky intake gaskets, all sorts of odds and ends on a 175k mile ej255... DOes that seem worthwhile? Just pull the motor and make the jobs easier?
Original clutch if you can believe it. I don't baby it, but I don't let it burn either. This car has been ROCK SOLID since we bought it new. (unlike my 2013 wrx that killed itself at 55k miles. At least the warranty covered it.)
Thanks for the help and advice.