Which head gasket for a supercharged VR?

[Gazbarber1982 3]

Head gasket went on my car last week and I'm just wondering which gasket to go for to replace it with my car having a supercharger bolted to it? Also, which other parts do you all recommend changing whilst the head is off??

Another thing, will my car be OK running with the charger working on a standard chip. Only just bought this VR and my old chip won't fit in the new ECU. I plan on getting the car live mapped in a couple of weeks.

[Ben Seabrook 4]

I ran mine without a map for a week but never booted it or took it much about 3.5K revs mate - as for the head gasket, I would just get a new OE one

[xyber 1]

Reinz ones are good, they were OE on mk4 12v VRs I think so eBay may be worth a look or TPS

[golfrabbit33 0]

elring.

[Gazbarber1982 3]

Thanks all!! I think the guys doing the work are getting the head skimmed so should I be looking at a slightly thicker gasket if I go for a metal one?? From what I can make out on here, the mk4 gasket is very thin which increases compression anyway without having the charger running. I know the standard gaskets are good because my other VR that I took the charger off was fine for around 8 months before I bought this highline and I tend to have my foot down most of the time! But saying that I always try and replace broken / damaged / worn parts with genuine parts and I tend to service the car every 3k. My old one was starting to look a bit of a shed with the on set of rust but if anyone is interested in an immaculate set of black 5 door leathers with door cards and both heated seats working great then let me know.

[Antihero1981 8]

standard one will do dude , unless you wanna change compression ect

[Gazbarber1982 3]

Surely compression will change when the head gets skimmed (if it needs it). I'll speak to the lads doing it tomorrow and see if it needs skimming.