Best sleeper cars

[camaroincal]

Originally Posted by chicago_guy

My brothers ride is a pretty decent sleeper when stock. Its a volvo S70 GLT....and that thing can actually haul some ass and smoke its tires.

My mom has a 98 S70 GLT. 5 Cylinder turbo goes 0-60 in 7 seconds or less and the quarter in about 15. I hear the 5 speed can break into the 14's.

[ttype87]

an 83 dodge 600 turdo is a pretty sleepy ride my buddy got owned by one last week and he was in a an 86 camaro.

[freakonaleash1187]

Originally Posted by helliviknow

Or how bout this.. take a car that nobody looks at for performance. they see this they think economy, sensible, ect ect. im talking aout the little plastic saturns.. my first car was a 95 sl 4 door sedan with a very modest 100hp 1.9 i-4 and a 5 speed.. however.. it was still somewhat driveable considering most the body panels are made from plastic and it weighs in at just over 2500 pounds.. and from what i understand they are a somewhat rugged mill to do a turbo conversion on. get some forged pistions to lower compression, a programmable ecu and a turbo with some custom plumbing and throw it all together.. keep the stock 14 inch steel wheels with hubcaps and u have prolly a mid 14 second 4 door family car that nobody gives a second glance with a 5 speed...

i agree with you. my bro has a saturn (click on the link in my sig and you can look at it) and before he put his banners on and aem and sps stickers on, and fog lights, nobody knew what was coming. now, everbody sees that stuff and they wanna race him, he just put cold air intake and a couple other little stuff and he beats a lot of people.

and different kind of sleeper is my car, a 1987 oldsmobile calais. everybody thinks that it is really really slow, but then i race them (cuz its fun) and i beat them (well, some of them), and they are like, wtf. cuz most of the people think i have a little four-cylinder, and then it is four door, so they think it is even slower. i have beaten a dodge neon and ford escort zx2.

[-Josh-]

no one has said 87 Regal T-Type, just about anyone nowadays can spot the Grand National looks. But the T-Type is the exact same thing except it looks like a normal everyday Regal.

[Oldengineer]

The best sleeper I ever owned was a 1977 Olds 9 passenger station wagon. Worked with a good dealer and special ordered it. Had a 403 V8, Turbo 350 tranny, F-41 suspension, posi, heavy duty rims w/fat tires, and heavy duty cooling. Basically it was a 9 passenger TransAm. After the warranty expired, the smog stuff came off, the carb was reworked, and a low restriction exhaust fitted. This beast would do 140 with no sweat. The only thing that blew its cover was the exhaust noise - sounded like a late 60's muscle car. Hey - if you got to haul the kids around, you might as well have fun doing it.

Regards:
Oldengineer

[jdrumstik]

excuse me for being dumb, but whats a sleeper? a fast car that doesn't look fast?

[Oldengineer]

Originally Posted by jdrumstik

excuse me for being dumb, but whats a sleeper? a fast car that doesn't look fast?

Absolutely correct. A sleeper is a car that's a lot quicker that anyone expects it to be. For example - my grandfather had a 1966 light green 4 door plain jane Olds Cutlass sedan. It had skinny tires, drum brakes, a 2 speed automatic, and single exhaust. Under the hood was a 325HP, high output Olds Rocket 330. It wouldn't corner very well, it wouldn't stop very well, but, it was one hell of a drag car in its day.

Regards:
Oldengineer

[Hypsi87]

Originally Posted by Z28Josh

no one has said 87 Regal T-Type, just about anyone nowadays can spot the Grand National looks. But the T-Type is the exact same thing except it looks like a normal everyday Regal.

THe GN reputiton if being drowed out by the noise of ricer mufflers and being blinded by their underbody neon kits. Only old timers and people really into cars know that a GN is fast. To most of the people around here, my car is just a spinoff of a montie carlo . It looks mean but, it says buick on the grill so it must be slow. My vote goes towards all turbo buicks.

[mjohn]

1980 Chevy Chevette...definately a sleeper...4dr

[jdrumstik]

My father in law has a a V-6 camry, a 3.0 or a 3.5 not sure, with a five speed manual, I would love to give that thing an intake and a new set of headers and a cat, leave the tail stock, and then give it a low boost trubo to avoid turbo lag..

[deadlight]

Originally Posted by genjy

Taurus SHO manual v6... it can still burn a lot of today's new v6 FWD cars. Everyone knows the Maxima is fast, but only so many remember the retired Taurus SHO. Definitely a sleeper.

Buick Regal GS with the supercharged 3800. Nobody would expect a Grandpa Buick to perform like a Grand Prix GTP.

I'm with this guy all the way, I own an 89 SHO. SHO's are high 14 sec cars, but on the highway can run with many low 13 sec. cars, they are excellent highway performers to say the least.

[Boss San]

74-79 VW Rabbit. This littl' bunny's got teeth.
Any BMW 2002. The original European muscle car.

[mustang372004]

volvo S40 with a S60R engine swap

[Boss San]

Originally Posted by mustang372004

volvo S40 with a S60R engine swap

...good call.

[beef_bourito]

is a sleeper just a stock car that doesn't look fast or can it be a completely modded car that goes really fast but doesn't look or sound fast? like how about getting a pony and trying to fit a big engine, like a v8 but i don't think it would fit, and a bunch of other upgrades.