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>This is an question that Im going to have... what head maintenance is necessary on a T4? Im looking at a complete GA longblock now (2L) and am wondering if I should automatically tear it down, just do the heads, or leave it alone? I dont want to have to worry about it for the next 100K or so. Keith If he can get 200K out of a T-IV engine, I want to know what he is using > for valves and guides. Type 4's ate valves worse than our engines. > I wouldn't try to run an air cooled engine much over 75K without pulling > the heads. > Yes, the bottom end of the Type 4 is a lot better than ours, and it can > be taken to a bigger displacements without stressing it as much. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org