Thank you all for the replies. So as far as I understand it is down to luck. Mine may or may not blow a gasket and it may or may not need new rings. Fair enough I guess haha I'll just keep an eye on it, should any symptoms show just get it sorted ASAP. It currently has just over 83000mi in it, don't know how soon that might come?!
TBH as long as it doesn't send a rod through the block or something catastrophic as such then I don't mind it that much. My father has been running his own mechanic garage for 25+ years and I am a competent mechanic myself so not paying labour should head gaskets or piston rings need replacing then it really isn't too bad.
Car is quite happy at the moment anyway, just done a big overhaul service. New clutch which was definitely needed... pedal was heavy as hell (was good for haggling on the price tho) and it slipped on my second day of driving it during a harder pull, timing belt kit and water pump, the rubber and metal intake manifold gaskets (the rubber rings were leaking), oil service, spark plugs and a few suspension parts. Come to just under £650 in total which wasn't a great start but it is what it is. I like knowing my car in as good of a condition as possible so it's worth it for me.
Regarding the mention of big power, for now I am not aiming for much power at all, just getting it mapped (probably in a month or two) and see what the car is comfortable with.
Further down the line (in about a year or so) if I still have and want to keep the car, I'll might want to get a little bit more out of it, probably about 300ish hp. As far as I'm aware stock internals should be OK for that. At that point fuel system will be upgraded, inter cooler maybe even turbo if needed and exhaust if I haven't changed that already.. stock exhaust is currently fitted and it is a bit too quiet.
Then if I wanna push it more forged internals are going in.
Anyway, long story short.. Thank you all for the welcoming and useful answers! I will look around to see where I should take it to get it remapped.
Further recommendations are much appreciated should anyone else read into this thread.
