2.0 Head Gasket delete? Options

[torakki]

I've read where it's a good idea to remove the head gaskets and re-assemble without them. Something about, they crush and cause an issue. Is there anything else you need to do or change, in their place? Like a different head design?
Thanks

[914werke]

All it took for me was one engine tear down exposing the failure of those MULTI LAYER compression rings.
The resulting compression leak burned a hole through the step of the head.
Expensive.
All this talk of the precision machine work is IMO wasted, if you have the resources absolutely use them to machine the concerned components to the gnats ass of perfection.
But most of the engines the regular guy is building it wont make enough of a difference one way or the other.
IMO its one less item to fail that has been proven (& blessed by the manufacture) not to be essential.

[ClayPerrine]

(& blessed by the manufacture)

I still want to see the Porsche documentation that says to do this. The only thing I can find is a VW tech bulletin that does NOT cover a 914/4 engine.