One for the more enlightened on this subject.......maybe even one of the forum insurance reps / traders.
2005 350Z gt has an officially listed claim of 276 bhp, but as we all know, horses turn to donkeys over the years and after ten years my Z will have lost between 10 and 25 bhp ???? Open to speculation !!!!!.
So..... If my cars bhp performance is a factor in the insuring world..... what happens if I get my car power modded, ie plenum spacer, air intake, remap, sports cats and it is still only 276 bhp after a dyno test ??.
Surely there is an argument from the punter that, I may have modded my car but I have only brought it back to its original bhp so therfore why is my premium increasing ?.
I've just carried out a few mods to the engine bay, polished plenum (Mopedmark), 2006 oem airbox (Flyboy) and polished aluminum air intake pipe and plenum spacer (Torqen), cheers guys, it's not been mapped........yet !!. My car is heavily modded on the body front and my insurance company has told me that as long as there is no bhp increase, my premium won't be affected, just as long as I notify them to all and any mods I do, which is fair enough. But it really sticks in ma craw that even when power modding and not exceeding the official Nissan bhp for my Z, they want to increase my premium.......... how can they explain that one ??
How many members here have done power mods as listed above and still don't get to the original bhp that has such a baring on our insurance prices.