Nathan's Road-Legal/Track BB4

[NafemanNathan]

It was too good to be true then!

Indeed it was

Thank god it didn't go for my maximum bid!

[NafemanNathan]

So is the seller giving you a full refund? did you get the whole head ie. cams/retainers/valves/head/rocker cover/cam pulleys etc?

[NafemanNathan]

Yep the lot. I've not heard from him since I sent the message last night. He's generally been slow to answer as I think he works away, so guess I'll just have to wait to see how easy or difficult it's going to be.

[NafemanNathan]

have the intake ports been polished or anything? if so, it would still possibly make it a bit of an upgrade, and would help explain what I hope is confusion on the part of the sellar.

Or maybe he just had a "type-S" sticker on a bog standard 5th, and didnt know any better

If you send me some pictures of the whole lot that he sold you I might be interested in buying the whole lot of you! Pm me some pictures!
It will make it easier for you to get rid of and less hassle.

[NafemanNathan]

No polishing... That's what alerted me to it.

I'll just slap the pictures on here for you Nitin...

Let me know bud

[NafemanNathan]

I know you found out that this is not a Type-S head but what are the indications of not being a Type-S?
And what was the price you paid for them £121?

[NafemanNathan]

Basically the cylinder is stamped with "P13" (a standard h22a head), the ports haven't been polished, the cam lobes are that of standard h22a cams, and also I believe the valves sit at a different angle as well, but I didn't bother checking that.

I paid £147.99, including delivery which I intend to get back as well.

[NafemanNathan]

Have a bash at the seller first and ask him for a refund! If not I might buy it from you later on the month.. (Not a promise though )

[NafemanNathan]

Cheers bud. I wouldn't hold you to it any way

EDIT: Obviously has the red wrinkle valve cover to, in pretty darn good nick.

[NafemanNathan]

Well I've just got off the phone with the guy, and got to say, what a nice guy!

He's agreed to send me a full refund He'd been mis-led into believing it was a Type-S head, which came with his Prelude and it has literally just been sitting in his shed since.

Due to the fact it was simply an honest mistake and that he was more than understandable about giving me a refund and I'm so relieved, I've offered to act as a non-profit-making middle man and said I'll try and sell it on for him... As a standard P13 H22a cylinder head of course

So Nitin, you've still got a chance if you want it