Engine conversion effects

chrisdaman · Post by **chrisdaman** » Sat May 06, 2006 7:11 pm

To any of those that have had 2.0l engine conversions

i\'m 18 and want to do an engine conversion, is it too early, i want to know how much my insurance would go up, my m8 is plannin to sell me a 2.0l ecotec engine out of an Astra SRI for £100. and all i can think about is converting it now

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Sun May 07, 2006 7:39 am

You\'ll be best speaking to your insurance company then. Only you know if it\'s too soon for you to go up to a 2.0 engine.

Dr T · Post by **Dr T** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:32 am

if you want to know how much your insurance company will charge you\'re best phoneing them. I would imagine with being 18 they will either say not a chance or laod your premium and increase your excess.

tom87 · Post by **tom87** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:47 pm

i agree, i very much doubt youll get a reasonable quote mate, i got quoted over £2000 for a 1.6 sport in my own policy.

trev150 · Post by **trev150** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:38 pm

Don\'t be tempted to do the work and not tell them either.

That just opens up a can of worms.

How much have you been quoted?

MonkeeBoy · Post by **MonkeeBoy** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:19 am

I wouldn\'t bother till you\'ve driven a bit longer, i\'ve only got a 1.2 8v and my insurance last year on my own was £2000 hopefully this year should be 1500 or lower!:D, and i\'m 19 lol

chrisdaman · Post by **chrisdaman** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:11 pm

well last year for my 1.4 8v, my insurance was £1500, and this year so far my lowest quote is £700. I\'ve declared the stuff i\'ve done to.

MonkeeBoy · Post by **MonkeeBoy** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:10 am

is that fully comp?

chrisdaman · Post by **chrisdaman** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:54 pm

Yeh its fully comp with norwich union

kushti · Post by **kushti** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:07 pm

Norwich union wont insure on conversions an neither will CO-OP just adviseing people.

I\'m on Tesco now

markymicro · Post by **markymicro** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:35 pm

I dred to think how much it will be on my 1.4 8v turbo when av completed it will run between 180-190bhp but av got 5 years no claims!! but bet will still cost alot.

kushti · Post by **kushti** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:16 pm

The snagging bitch is that they calculate your insurance on a conversion from what bhp the old engine was to the difference it is now. For instance on mine it was a 1.2 8V 45bhp now its 2.0 16V turbo which is (200bhp) thats 29/30% increase in difference. I have 5 yrs no claims but co op\'s computer wrote one of my years no claims off an they dont backup your poo so only have 4 yrs i can proove an been driving over 6 yrs pisses me off but thats the co-op poo for you norwich union wont insure conversions and well Tesco are safest bet I recon.

My quote was £460 with clifford alarm/suspension uprated an brakes and bigger wheels for safety increased bring it down, then i declared £2000 worth of mods to engine bay so intercooler/chargecooler/chromeing is all coverd not worried about bodywork so much as someone else did all that before I bought the car unlike my last corsa where me an my old boss hand moulded it all lol.

sam13 · Post by **sam13** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:00 pm

bloody hell tht is cheap chris da man you got a gr8 deal there!!

chrisdaman · Post by **chrisdaman** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:49 am

probably goin to leave the conversion for a while anyway, and tune my lil 1.4 8v, had the head skimmed already, need money, goin to concentrate on styling to

markymicro · Post by **markymicro** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:44 pm

Am sure you will get there in the end!

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