[Doug914]

I think that the S or S2 is a great choice. Yes, the costs of repairing/replacing a trashed cylinder head are astronomical, but if you follow the same preventive maintenance procedures for the cam belt as you would for any 8V, you should be okay. Yes, a new $250 cam chain tensioner is recommended every 100,000 miles, which is about 0.25 cents per mile (or at 80,000 miles; 0.31 cents per mile, depending on who you talk to). Change the oil often; the PO of my car did it every 3000 miles, and everything is sparkly/shiny beneath the cam cover.

--Doug