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Originally posted by Paul_J
What is the actual deal with insurance on engine conversions?

Some people say, the car becomes an insurance group between the new engine and the old one...

so say old engine is group 3 and new one is group 9 - it becomes 6?

I doubt this is true, but its one of the things I heard.

The other thing I heard was that it becomes the group of the new engine your putting in?

so a group 6 engine in a group 3 car becomes group 6?

is this actually true? surely insurance companies will up the premium just for the fact its had an engine conversion?! or do you not tell them that, and just say its a 1.6 16v or whatever.

Finally, whats the issue with 'engine mods?'

For example, if I was to do major engine mods on my car, do they add 10% for everything, or 10% for each mod?

What overall would be more expensive to insure?

a 1.2 16v Sxi - converted to a 1.4 16v with a velo's torque tube, superchip, cams, air filter and exhaust system.

or a 1.2 16v Sxi converted to a 1.6 16v with an filter and exhaust system.

the 1.6 is a higher group - but the 1.4 should be pushing the same or more power?

Thanks,

Paul J

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