the new sleepers

I was walkin to class today and one of my buddies who busts my balls all the time looks at a red 1990 civic hatch, lowered, one faded yellow door, and a gray body kit, on steelies with a fart pipe coming out of the back. He says to me haha, i bet that thing could take your car easily. So we get a good laugh and as we walk by i see that there is NOTHING in the car besides two front seats and a huge ass nitrous bottle. I mean this thing had a diameter of honestly 1 foot, and was like 3 feet long. We also have no idea what else was done to the engine. So our laughs stop and we look at each other like we just got owned. Does this happen alot? because normally i ignore these things if they mess with me on the road... anyways, it shut us right up lol

I could have very well been the Bazooka Tube Subwoofer enclosures. Look an awful lot like nitrous bottles. Not very hard to distinguish the difference, but can be made to look just like a nitrous setup. Maybe that's what you saw. Otherwise, that sounds like he's got himself a 50lb. bottle or something.

Lol, is N02 some sort of honda thing? How much more power could one get out of a civic with that stuff?

Lol, is N02 some sort of honda thing? How much more power could one get out of a civic with that stuff?
Uhh, it depends on the shot.

Here's your sign.

Where's teh sign?

My sign? Just wondering how much a stock civic engine can take, does a big bottle of NOS make a car that much faster?

My sign? Just wondering how much a stock civic engine can take, does a big bottle of NOS make a car that much faster?
I guess I'm the only one who has seen the Blue Collar Comedy series?

You asked how much power you can get from nitrous. Well, it depends on which size jet.

Anyways, I was running a 75 shot, on 91 octane, and 13 degrees timing. Never had any problems. I could have bumped it to a 100 shot, with 100 octane, and would have been fine as well. Typically a 75 shot is the max you want to go. A bigger bottle just lets you go longer between fillups.

Is it cheep to fill? I've seen a few of the Blue collar episodes, funny stuff.

I could have very well been the Bazooka Tube Subwoofer enclosures. Look an awful lot like nitrous bottles. Not very hard to distinguish the difference, but can be made to look just like a nitrous setup. Maybe that's what you saw. Otherwise, that sounds like he's got himself a 50lb. bottle or something.

lol nah man.. it was nitrous, thing was gutted on the inside and i could see the line coming from it, definetly nitrous. what i was saying though was he could've had alot done to the engine, so he could've been spraying like a 100 shot or so with raised compression and advanced timing, who knows...

Is it cheep to fill? I've seen a few of the Blue collar episodes, funny stuff.
The shop I work at is a authorized NOS dealer. So I get my bottle filled for free. But we charge $4.50 per pound.

I guess I'm the only one who has seen the Blue Collar Comedy series?

You didn't bring yur truck witchadidja?
:grinyes:

Back on topic for me...I've never seen a car like that or atleast I didn't know. Around my area there are hardly any sleepers that I know of, just a couple of pretty quick for what they are trucks.

That's a true sleeper. Did you see a FMIC or not?

Honestly though I wouldnt own a car like that. I dont mind the whole sleeper thing but the whole faded yellow door and stuff....thats just pathetic. I've seen guys take spoilers off of thier STI and remove the hood scoop and paint the FMIC black so they can be sleepers. you can be a sleeper and still have a car that looks good!

That's a true sleeper. Did you see a FMIC or not?

i think there was a mesh grill, but im not positive... how slick would that be to hide an fmic behind a mesh grill though, but if he was going to go that far im sure he would have tinted his windows so you couldn't see him gutted interiour/n2o

Honestly though I wouldnt own a car like that. I dont mind the whole sleeper thing but the whole faded yellow door and stuff....thats just pathetic. I've seen guys take spoilers off of thier STI and remove the hood scoop and paint the FMIC black so they can be sleepers. you can be a sleeper and still have a car that looks good!

I agree.

I want to go fast but I want to look good doing it.

I agree.

I want to go fast but I want to look good doing it.

:1:

I agree.

I want to go fast but I want to look good doing it.

if you want to do that id get a different car but yea i agree

everytime i go to the races (illegals) there is always two cars that take everyone. camaros and gutted civic hatchbacks with engine swaps that are basically stock. the only car the hatches ( theres like five of em o and 1 crx) is the camaro but the two fastes ive seen have 700hp and 500hp coming out of em one with an ls1 engine

That's called taste buddy.
I think is car looks good, it's in good condition, quick, true the styling may be a little generic, but that just adds to the sleeper part. some cars cannot be sleepers just for the fact that they look fast. (SOHC 3000gts for example ;) )

did i say anything about sleepers? no i just said that i dont think his car looks that great because he wants his too look good and be fast. his car is clean yes i agree just want to clarify

new sleepers? if thats a new sleeper..then whats an old sleeper? :confused: bottle fed, swapped hatchies have always been sleepers where i live. :dunno:

new sleepers? if thats a new sleeper..then whats an old sleeper? :confused: bottle fed, swapped hatchies have always been sleepers where i live. :dunno:
Rusty cars from the 60s and 70s that have like a brand new supercharged 400+ cubic inch engine. That's what I would call an old sleeper.

did i say anything about sleepers? no i just said that i dont think his car looks that great because he wants his too look good and be fast. his car is clean yes i agree just want to clarify

That's just your opinion. I think that my car is a very good looking car. So, in my opinion I will be going fast and I will look good doing it. However, my point was more towards the fact that I like sleepers but I don't like the ones that look like a pile of crap or have flat black paint jobs.

Things like that.

yea understandable. yea everyone has there own taste which is cool cause otherwise that will be boring i wont bash on u for thinking that your car looks cool everyone has there own opinion. but yea i hate pos driving around thinking there bad but alot of places all you do is engine and suspension and primer your car to make it look like a pos and no one every thinks that you run under 13s its crazy i know