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[InkedMuttley]

Hakey speaking from experience of doing silly things with cars in the hopes of getting big power or quick 0-60's and without spending £2,000+ on a V6 conversion which I will tell you now anything that is a V format do not like to be run just down to the shop they don't heat up quick enough and it ends up in catastrophic engine failure and cracks from stress...you need to be able to run it for at least 10 minutes to get it up to a decent temp before putting any kind of stress on it so if your shop is 5 minutes away but pissing down with rain you need to walk or expect to wait 10 minutes before driving it.

Plus you have a conversion therefore your car is modified bigtime...so expect to pay at least double the cost of conversion for insurance depending on your age...I once had a Rover 416 and my insurance was £1,500 TPFT I then told the insurance company I was thinking of fitting an exhaust and also a remapped ECU they gave me a revised quote of £5,120 so expect something similar.

Do yourself a favour mate get yourself a damn decent Phase 3 D Turbo, they're just as much fun as the petrol's do have a fair bit of poke as standard and with very little money you could be running at 130+ bhp as some of the others have...

Plus there's nothing more annoying to the twat you've just overtook than a face full of soot from the car that's just decimated you!!!

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The police won't c under my bonnet so no probs there im goin to stick with the v6

So just imagine the flaky Vauxhall engine changes the characteristics of your car you're going out of Lincoln on all them twisties and you overcook it and wipe out old Mrs Smith's garden wall and her neighbours car. Mr Policeman comes along takes your particulars etc. Then Mr Insurance assessor comes along and says "Yes Mr Hakey it's not too bad we'll replace bonnet and wing and paint it back up" now back at the garage Mr Mechanic opens bonnet and sees said V6 "Hello, this doesn't look like a 1.4!"

Meanwhile Mr Insurance assessor turns around and says "Well you didn't declare this so therefore your insurance is cancelled and you will have to pay for the damage to Mrs Smith's wall and her neighbour's £60,000 BMW" now that's a ball ache and to make matters worse "Mr Policeman is more than likely going to turn up with a pair of black and silver bracelets that ain't too comfy and escort you into the back of his car where you will be taken to a big building and be given a room free of charge with a bed that's 4 inches off of the floor and a breakfast that I wouldn't feed my dog.

Honestly be sensible. Either convert to something you can afford such as a D Turbo or wait until you have sufficient funds to be able to insure the said car.

Sorry for 2 posts but I only just saw that bit!