f7p f7r vernier pulleys

[zmaster2k]

piper fit no problems...have these on mine

catcams one do too i think

[Laine_16v]

Piper, kent e.t.c all fit no problems, Catcams require new bolts i believe (although they might have sorted that issue now).

[H12EEG]

i think i will wait till i recieve/test fit them shouldnt be a problem as the engine is out atm

[sideways danny]

See what they are like, do a test fit. If not fit for purpose you send them back and let us know so people can avoid in future, or buy if they are good.

I've done a test fit, 5 months ago. They dont fit

[H12EEG]

5 months ago? not that i doubt you, but what did you do when you realised they didnt fit did you tell them. as i cant see a company advertising a product on ebay that isnt what they state it to be otherwise they would just get a load of complaints/ returned products/ negative feedback' how would they make any money? maybe they have had time to improve their product who knows. did you manage to get a refund?

[sideways danny]

wasn't my car. I handed the pulley back to Paddy and told him it didn't fit. I hold no hope at all in getting a refund from someone in Hungary selling cheap tuning parts on ebay

[16v_paddy]

5 months ago? not that i doubt you, but what did you do when you realised they didnt fit did you tell them. as i cant see a company advertising a product on ebay that isnt what they state it to be otherwise they would just get a load of complaints/ returned products/ negative feedback' how would they make any money? maybe they have had time to improve their product who knows. did you manage to get a refund?

I bought the very same pulley from a seller in Hungary iirc & got Danny to fit while he fixed my cam timing and core plug the day before FCS. The pulley didn't fit because the the inside of the toothed part of the pulley is thicker than the standard 1 so we used a bastard file on the part of the head it fouled.
Managed to make it fit all nice, after scraping away a load of the paint & metal from the bit where it bolts to the camshaft and timed it all up properly, then we come to the fitting of the pulley cover IT DOESN'T FIT the raised parts on the inside of the cover fit nicely into the space inside the std pulleys, but those lovely purple things don't have the recesses in them to accommodate those raised bits, thus leaving you unable to fit the engine mount.

So to make them fit:
you'll need to grind away part of the head so it doesn't foul the inside edge of the pulley's,
Run without the cover or engine mount - I'm not impressed or convinced about removing that mount & using the R5 rear mount instead,
OR heavily modify the pulley cover by chopping/grinding away the bits that foul the pulley whilst retaining it's strength to allow the engine mount to be bolted to it and actually hold the engine where it's supposed to be without bending and wrapping itself around the pulleys & destroying your engine in the process

As for reputation & feedback, it's a bit difficult to leave negative feedback if you only find out it doesn't fit, if you come to fit it several months after buying it

I'd love to try & make them fit but I'd only want to make them fit on an engine I'm not too bothered about destroying 1st

[16v_paddy]

Just seen this pic on someones mental R5 build



Ok I know that's not a standard pulley but you can see the what I'm on about with space for the raised bits on the cover to fit into