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

[Nogoodwithusernames]

Pardon my lack of knowledge in this area, but what specifically changed with the later T4 heads? Obviously there are some differences between the 1.7, 1.8, VW 2.0 and 914 2.0 heads but I did not realize there were changes from earlier to later versions.

In my vast knowledge and experience rebuilding VW motors (a whopping 1 T1 motor and 1 T4 motor (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) I have taken this to be ubiquitous to take the head gaskets out on all T4 heads. Based on the VW bulletin and Jake Raby's suggestion. I have heard of doing metal o-rings with a groove cut in either the cylinder or head for it for super high performance engines. That is a whole different ball game though.

I am not trying to argue either way, but would like to learn more from both schools of thought. To my line of thinking, it would logically make sense that it would apply to all T4 motors. They are all basically the same, and how much of a difference can a head redesign really make? Perhaps though it is just the extra heat and load from the breadboxes on wheels that was the primary cause of the issue?