Insuring with NOS ?

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Old 13-12-2012, 10:01 AM
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I have a Fiesta RST and wish to install NOS in the car as I want the immediate surge of power it delivers for overtaking. I want to run about 40 bhp of NOS on top of the 185 ish I have in the "engine"

I phoned up my insurance company asking about this and Boncaster said they could no longer insure me if I were to install the system!

who insures cars running NOS and what are the excess and prices I should expect!


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Old 20-12-2012, 12:02 AM
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try paul at need to insure. if he cant cover it then he will know where you should try.

Insurers always seem to get a shitty on with NOS and roll cages. They must assume youre going to do a "fast and furious" or a "colin mccrash"

Adrian flux seem to cover anything but at silly cost.
Old 20-12-2012, 03:58 PM
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You're going to struggle big time. Not heard of a company taking this modification on. Good luck if you find someone to cover you....
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I ran nos setups for 3 years on a n/a 3.0litre. wats a waste of time and money. and you wont get insured.
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Ive have a 200bhp jetted Nitrous system on mine for 10 years & its fully insured for road use. 838bhp dynoed engine + the 200bhp capability so it can be insured all mods noted. Its with Flux costs £1008 comp with 30k agreed value. Ive recently been contacted by another company at £700 comp to switch to them again all mods claimed.
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rod, difference is youre in your 60's and do virtually zero miles a year. So youre about as low risk as you can get. Yet you still pay a grand?? So what hope is there for the rest of us who do decent mileage on a modified car??
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