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Josh_CorsaSport
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22nd Nov 10 at 18:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hi people i have a redtop corsa b and its currently out of MOT, i was just wondering if any MOT station can pick up on the bigger engine? If not i will have to do it the proper way n get it registered as a 2 litre with the dvla, any help will do thanks
Jakey
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mot has nothing to do with the car being registered. They will just put it as a standard engine.
alan-g-w
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You should really have it registered anyway mate, blah blah.

Friendly MOT tester/ a bung's your only option.
Josh_CorsaSport
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ye but wont the garage not mot it if the engines different?
alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by Jakey
Mot has nothing to do with the car being registered. They will just put it as a standard engine.


Surely if they put in the computer that it's a 1.4 or whatever it is on the logbook the emission readings are going to be way over
Ian
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depends if they notice.

Either way, it needs registering properly so you can insure it properly and depending what you converted from you may be in a different tax class.
Josh_CorsaSport
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what so the red top produces a higher reading anyway?
corsadonk
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah it's a bigger engine, also I bet it hasn't got a CAT.
alan-g-w
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
maybe, don't quote me on that. The 1.6s are in the same tax bracket, don't know how much that has to do with the emissions though.
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Based on engine capacity assuming the car was registered before 2001. Threshold is 1549cc so if you converted from a C16XE / X16XE it won't change but everything else it will.
Josh_CorsaSport
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
okay thanks so what sort of prices do people pay insuring a fully registered red top corsa?
gez bay
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just take it for an MOT, and if it hasnt got a cat on. Then just tell them its a 1992 engine or older..
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think they get quotes before they convert it

I can't insure one in L postcode, hence why my GSi stayed a 1600. You might fair better if you're CH?
Josh_CorsaSport
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
haha your right there but i might do ye what companies are best to try? Flux?
alan-g-w
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by gez bay
just take it for an MOT, and if it hasnt got a cat on. Then just tell them its a 1992 engine or older..


I tried this and found it hard to convince anyone that it was true. Even when I pointed out where to see the regs online he said he didn't want to run the risk. Thank fuck for friendly testers
gez bay
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22nd Nov 10 at 19:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
gotta love friendly MOT testers.

 
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