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Just one thing to bear in mind with that. If you get pulled by traffic police and for what ever reason they ask you to pop the bonnet. There is a chance they will notice the engine. After all most traffic cars these days are beemers. They wont necessarily be able to do too much, however if it comes up on the PNC that the car is a 1.8 and is blatantly not they can impound the car until the source of the disparity is found. You are not doing anything technically illegal but it can take a long time to get sorted. I had a similar thing happen to me with a bike with one of the misses race engines put in it.kangman wrote:ohh so aslong as the insurance company know, its all gravy...
Any good insurance companies like the ones mentioned above i should try contact for a quote, This car will be my daily driver
I got it back eventually. They basically investigated where the engine had come from. I'm guessing that was to see if it was stolen. It was a VFR 400 with an NC 35 engine in it.DanThe wrote:What happened with the bike?
EFAE30BeemerLad wrote:I wouldn't bother with the possible world of pain you may incur if you notify the dvla. Just make sure your insurers are fully informed of the mods and you will have golden a shower
At the end of the day it depends on the copper on the day. I always think back to it and think if I had have declared it, it would have saved me 12 weeks of hassle.jmc330i wrote:I got pulled in the Sport (for the usual tax disc 'check'), after a quick chat the copper reckoned his 325i was no where near as quick as mine and he asked if it was modified... His face was priceless when I opened the bonnet. He obviously knew his cars and that the S50 wasn't meant to be there.
Car was insured with all mods, but still 2500cc on the V5 and with the M20 engine number.
Never had any probs with needing to prove where I got the engine etc.
I believe you should inform the dvla of the capacity change, but most don't bother. The main thing is the insurance are notified.
As for quotes, just ask them to quote an E30 with engine change etc. They don't need the reg number, just the base car and mods. I usually phone for quotes but tell them I don't have the reg as I don't own the car yet.
that was the company i called, they said they want proof that ive driven a RWD car for more then 12months or they can only insure me on a 2litre or underkitch wrote:My mate told me about an insurance company called brentacre. They do quotes on a bhp limit rather than the car and mods etc. Might be worth a try.
also, I've noticed that when I speak to insurance companies they still have the car listed as a 1.3
Tell them you are going to weld the diff, no experience necessarykangman wrote:that was the company i called, they said they want proof that ive driven a RWD car for more then 12months or they can only insure me on a 2litre or underkitch wrote:My mate told me about an insurance company called brentacre. They do quotes on a bhp limit rather than the car and mods etc. Might be worth a try.
Only on post 2001, there are no C02 records for earlier stuff.scjimbo wrote:Tax is rated on grams of CO2 per kmDemlotcrew wrote:I could be wrong, I do remember my tax going up when I declared it as a 2.3.
it must have coincided with a government budget tax increase as unless your e30 was originally under 1549cc it will have always been in the standard rate tax band.Demlotcrew wrote:I could be wrong, I do remember my tax going up when I declared it as a 2.3.
As I said earlier its the luck of the draw. Sometimes you get away with it sometimes you don't. If they want it impounded they can. There are loads of tricks up their sleeves.E30BeemerLad wrote:I had coppers all over the place when I wrote the touring off and all they were bothered about asking was whether I had declared the mods to my insurers
Its the same argument really, if they are being coonts they will lift the car anyway, regardless of whether all the boxes are ticked or not.scjimbo wrote:As I said earlier its the luck of the draw. Sometimes you get away with it sometimes you don't. If they want it impounded they can. There are loads of tricks up their sleeves.E30BeemerLad wrote:I had coppers all over the place when I wrote the touring off and all they were bothered about asking was whether I had declared the mods to my insurers
exactly mate. I always think that at least if its all correct on the paperwork then you can stuff it in someone's face and get the vehicle back quicker.DanThe wrote:Its the same argument really, if they are being coonts they will lift the car anyway, regardless of whether all the boxes are ticked or not.scjimbo wrote:As I said earlier its the luck of the draw. Sometimes you get away with it sometimes you don't. If they want it impounded they can. There are loads of tricks up their sleeves.E30BeemerLad wrote:I had coppers all over the place when I wrote the touring off and all they were bothered about asking was whether I had declared the mods to my insurers
No matter how above board you think you are, they can say otherwise
