Gas flowed head

[grimmy 0]

A long story cut short, my vr6 started misfiring very soon after i bought it, the plug on cylinder 6 was very oiled up and its drinking oil like nobody's business. According to the records the valve seals were replaced 2 years ago, and my local vw specialist seems to think it might be the rail stems that have gone.

 

He said i could get a gas flowed head, or a big valve head for a fair bit more money. As i'm still at the very bottem of the learning curve with cars i need some guidance, is a gas flowed head worth it? I was given about 400 quid as the figure for it, plus fitting.

 

I'm led to believe it'll release a bit more horsepower, but for nearly 800 quid for it all fitted up i should hope so.

 

I'm pretty gutted as i've only had the car a few months and its only done 103k, with a full service history :(

[grimmy 0]

No-one got an opinion on this at all?

 

I'm getting the oil changed to mineral on friday hoping that burns off a bit slower with a no smoking additive. Then i'm gonna get this gas flowed head fitted in the next 2 months... Hopefully with a big smile on my face again.

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

im sorry i cant really help as not a vr owner and you need some vr experts que kev_haywire

 

but in my opinion a gas flowed head only is worth if your going to be doing a lot of modding and a lot of porting to help the air flow i.e would be good to do all this on a charged car as the more air fed thru the engine from the charger the better!

 

so if you gonna do a few mods then go for it chap if not i dont think its worth it!

 

andy

[grimmy 0]

Well i plan on keeping the car for a couple of years and do have wild ideas about charging it in the future, and other things that will probably never happen. But its a fine place to start.

 

Thanks