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<x-charset iso-8859-1> Leon, Why don't you try the guy I get my heads from? How much are you paying for heads? Are they ported? Big valves? Get back to me on this. I think you'd be really happy with Don's work. Good luck, P.A. ****************************************************************** 1600cc stock cam and heads/valves are good enough for me unless I went big bore. I have paid 160.00 max for new heads I have bought the following: Autolinea of Brazil, these are the types people mostly buy as stock replacements. These have a G1 casted into where the VW logo is supposed to be. They seem to make CB and other brands sold in the US. These have cracked and had noticeable major machine problems around the sparkplug area. I have a pile of these. The cracks vary from around and between valve seats or between spark plugs. I have bought AMC brand from Spain, they supply most of the type 4 heads for aftermarket. These melt really good even though the Aluminum looks pretty and shiney. I bought one and noticed three other melted ones at Bears machine shop. They melt around the valve seat and you end up with the seat sunk in . I have bought prestine never been welded German heads, they crack under heavy use good quality though, I have a pile of these. I just want heads that will not crack under use, everybody can port heads, put bigger valves and smaller diameter plugs in the heads but I have not seen or heard of anyone boasting durability and better cooling under heavy use. The heads I bought are from MOFOCO and are casted in the USA (New York) and machined at MOFOCO midwest machine shop, have better cooling because of a bunch of extra fins (more than stock), thicker combustion chambers, long reach plugs, very visibly much heavier casting. The issue with this company was machining, I complained about it to the company before but they did not care to listen. The machining looked like they sharpened their tools with a rasp. They have their own site. I wish to get this one head fixed (it is stock 1600 slightly big valve similar to 041). I do not wish to have miss matched combustion chamber size. Maybe later I would buy from another vendor as a matched set to see how they stand. Does your guy weld and repair heads better than most people ? Wont Crack again ? LEON ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>