Insuring supercharged 993

[James s]

Any recommendations for insurance companies who treat mods with some degree of sensibility.

I am looking at a 9m'd 993 tomorrow but want to make sure its not going to be silly to insure. My current company won’t touch it

Thanks

[verysideways]

Is that the yellow 4S at Henry's place?

[James s]

might be

[verysideways]

where's cyberface when you need him?

he's got a 'charged 993 tip cab i think. was with liverpool victoria but after they went a bit mental and cancelled bunch of policies i assume he found someone else - might be simplest just to contact him?

VS

[verysideways]

ta da!

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=48&h=&t=138957

[James s]

Thanks Mr Sideways

[cyberface]

Here I am

Mine's not a tip cab, those are *really* not my cup of tea, but a standard looking C2.

I ended up staying with Privilege in the end (long term customer) after LV messed me around. The thing to point out is that it's only around a 17% power increase...

I didn't have any luck in the end trying to get it on a classic policy (my car is > 10 yrs old now) because I don't have a garage. If you do, it is certainly worth looking at since there are PHers with modified 911s that seem to be paying 400 quid or something for fully comp insurance...

[verysideways]

cyber, is yours not a tip? well someone around here has a 'charged tip and it pulls the magic ton in less than 10 seconds.

Damn, it's tempting.... especially if you squeeze it under the standard electric spoiler....

VS

[verysideways]

I'm with Privilege too. Being under 30 and having had a few "interesting" cars, they've come out cheapest every year for about the last 6 or 7!

Cyber, how do you find the fuel consumption with the supercharger, and do you find your brakes are up to the job on the road?

VS

[cyberface]

Apparently all the other supercharger conversions 9m had done were for cars with bigger spoilers... I wanted the whole lot looking completely standard, which caused a few umms and ahhs, but Robin figured it all out in the end.

So you *can* get it all under the electric spoiler, and also without losing the air con. The heater loses a bit of efficiency but other than that, there is no real compromise made with the charger.

On most drives the fuel consumption is better than the standard car (!!!) IME... that's me driving of course, and I reckon it's because I used high revs a hell of a lot more previously, whereas the S/C doesn't need as many gearchanges, etc.

Brakes are fine on the road, I'm still deliberating whether to upgrade them... I started a thread about this a while back, and the collective wisdom suggested the standard kit is fine esp. with additional cooling. If it was a track slag then it'd be different, but I don't tend to drive like that on the road

[James s]

Cyberface
I have always had classic policies for my Porcshes - though these seem to have crept up in price over the last few years. I try to get a quote today - did you find the insurance lift hidious

Any downsides to the conversion - it all seems very possitive everytime its discussed here

[james s]

Now I really don't understadn insurence

Current car 968 worth 10k cost 720 to renew

proposed car supercharged 993 worth 33k 800 pa

both 3,000 miles with Norton

how does that work?

[cyberface]

^^ that's a good price, I'm paying 1300 which was about 200 quid or so more than the last 993.

However that may have been due to losing my licence after the Goodwood festival of speed a couple of years ago, in my old Noble and needing to get to Cardiff in a hurry... (note, avoid Wiltshire if you're in a rush)

If you can get a classic policy then you should be laughing - if not, then it shouldn't be too extreme... modded 911s don't tend to be owned by the rag-it-stack-it max power brigade, so consequently don't get the real mental premiums... then again given the rarity of the conversions you'd expect 'no-idea-mate' big premiums for the lack of statistics factor. Hey, I don't understand these insurers

If you can insure a S/C 993 for 800 quid then go for it. I have had 2 previous N/A 993s and as far as I'm concerned, there is no down side whatsoever to the conversion. It makes the car *much* better to drive, and touch wood, no problems as yet. Go for it!!