Some of you may remember the stories of my 68' Bug that started
stumbling, stuttering, and losing power. After dropping the engine and
yanking it apart, I see that the heads are shot and I need a valve job.
Now it's summer, and I have a small budget to work within!

I'm looking at the cost of new heads versus having mine machined. I
know that they need new seats, which from what I can tell means "a
complete job". I'm also pretty sure that they will need grinded down
so that they have a tight fit. I can tell now that things were running
way too lean and it did a real number on them.

So the question is, what does the "BR" stamp on the heads mean? Is
that BRazil? I'm trying to determine if the heads I have now are good
quality. They look like some heads that I have seen in photographs of
"genuine VW parts". But I have seen some that have a BR2 on them. I
figure, if I have some cheap sh*t heads now, I should probably start
over with a new assembled pair.

-Ray Haque