valve related...

HCs are thru the roof... and no vacuum apartently it affects cyl5 the most

cam's the most likely suspect, but VSR could also be an issue... wont know till the heads come off

also if the heads have got to come off, then i'm gonna replace em with some nice big valve, low-comp jobbies i've been offered in preperation for the turbo conversion (they also have hardened valve seats)

whilst i'm there might aswell put a shiny new modified cam in there...

both are jobs i intended to do at some point in the not so distant future, but i hoped they could wait till i had a better cash-flow situation