tim1010

Thanks for the very detailed response and has answered a lot of my concerns. Regards to the stiffer valve springs you mention, are you pointing towards double valve springs or just an uprated single? I've found a few company's that do the double valve springs but they come with titanium retainers and have been warned by two separate people that these wear dramatically and would need replacing frequently, which obviously I dont want to be doing. Are you aware of any steel retainers for double valve springs or is it a case that a single is up to the job? Thanks Tim

Hi newbie here, been touring to register for months but it has only just let me for some reason. Currently building a mk2 golf syncro/haldex set up with a turbo 12v AAA. Block has gone away for rebore today and fitting wossner pistons and pec rods. Will be using the 24v head gasket to get compression back up slightly. My question is I'm looking to run 5-600 Bhp on standalone management already have emerald k6+, was looking to have head potted with 2mm oversize inlet and over size exhaust super tech valves, with shrick 268s and springs and using a gtx3582r on a tubular manifold. Is this necessa