Sleeper

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Reply #15 – July 09, 2013, 03:11:57 AM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;418257

CoogarXR - a friend of my brother's had a Chevette with a 3.8 turbo in it. His father owned a junkyard and he got his pick of just about everything that came in, so he built that GN/Chevette thing. It was silly fast until he climbed a tree with it...

A guy around here had a nice sleeper for sale recently: A first generation (mid 80's) Plymouth Voyager cargo van (no windows) painted in grey primer and converted to RWD with a 340 in it. That was pretty much the definition of sleeper.

'Nother time, years ago when I had my Trans Am, I had my ass handed to me by a Dodge 600 convertible in a stoplight drag, right in front of everyone. He came back to the parking lot we were all hanging around in, laughing his head off. He opened his hood and there was a turbo 2.2 built to the nuts. The turbo on that thing looked like it belonged on a Peterbilt - the compressor was the size of a dinner plate.

Myself, I'd like to do up a Fairmont wagon with an '86 Mustang front clip. Drivetrain wouldn't matter as long as it was fast, but I want a Mustang wagon...

Fairmont, fox LTD or fox Marquis wagon with a warmed up 302HO EFI motor in it and a 5 speed would be a fun sleeper.

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Reply #16 – July 09, 2013, 07:30:30 AM

The ultimate sleeper that you dont have to reinvent the wheel to make faster....1989-1990 Dodge turbo minivan...with some work down...to the 11's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haPCQKOyMTo

Also some people are having luck swapping in the SRT4 engine....lots better factory head.

Travis

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Reply #17 – July 09, 2013, 07:58:43 AM

I want to get a 2000 to 04 Taurus wagon with a floor shift, and transplant a 3rd gen SHO V8, transplant the front SARC struts, dummy the SARC system to work w/o the rears, swap the SHO wheels and exhaust, maybe get some magnaflows on it and then TURBO. Those engines LOVE forced air. Maybe I'd swap the seats, too. Those seats are nice. Then leave it white and stock looking otherwise. Not even window tint. I'd go out on the streets and destroy everybody.

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Reply #18 – July 09, 2013, 10:43:32 PM

I'd like to do this with my Hoopie '96 F-150...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=zcPHHEea3lE&NR=1

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Reply #19 – July 09, 2013, 11:29:58 PM

I know its a GM vehicle, but a Pontiac Solstice with the Aluminum LS7 427(7.0L) from a Z06.
I've always wanted to put an LS7 in an 80s S-10, or a Terminator motor in a Ranger. I want my '53 Chevy to be a sleeper, but I know I will make that thing sharp all the way around.

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Reply #20 – July 10, 2013, 08:25:48 AM

Quote from: 87 T-BIRD;418202

I have thought about dropping a 302, C4 and narrowed rear in a mid 90 model year escort.

I wanted to do that in the 90's , but I wanted to use my '84 Mercury Lynx (same as Escort)
I loved that little car.
Got 35 mpg all day long with the a/c on....carbed...no efi.

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Reply #21 – July 10, 2013, 09:19:51 AM

*Flamesuit* LS motor with turbo

Or a 4.6 with turbo's if keeping it ford. Parts for chevy seem so much cheaper. Home grown turbo kit, especially with holsets can make big power on the cheap.

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Reply #22 – July 10, 2013, 09:48:40 AM

Quote from: Dougy_Fresh;418123

If you were building a car with the soul intent being to go out and take people's money... What would it be and what would it consist of?

Remember, it has to look like something that nobody would expect to even be quick, much less fast.

say you have a $7500 budget, including initial car purchase

I'm thinking:

80's LTD with:
-460 with forged rods and pistons
-Kasse heads
-good intake and carb, unsure on brand
-good cam, again, unsure on brand
-built c6 with transbrake
-31 spline spool and axles, 4.10 gears
-tubular rear control arms
-widened stock wheels with 275/60 drag radials

throw in a healthy diet to get the weight of the car down and it should be in the 10's...

You can hear if it's a cammed 460 under the hood.
What's really sleeper is turbo. Dampening the exhaust noise and shoots away like a f'ing rocket! So a turbo 351 stroked to 427 under the hood of an LTD ;)

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Reply #23 – July 10, 2013, 12:55:22 PM

Quote from: Thunderbird88;418357

What's really sleeper is turbo. Dampening the exhaust noise and shoots away like a f'ing rocket! So a turbo 351 stroked to 427 under the hood of a fox body Thunderbird/Cougar ;)

Fixed that for you

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Reply #24 – July 10, 2013, 07:35:36 PM

There is an awesome sleeper where I live, 80s Volvo Wagon with a Turbo'd LSX. If he didn't have a 1320 Video decal or an LSX badge you would never know until he really gets into the throttle. I've seen it many times and it took me along time to figure out it was even modded like that, today is when I figured out it was turbocharged. He got all over it and I could hear it spool and the Blow Off Valve.

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Reply #25 – July 11, 2013, 10:32:05 PM

Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;418284

I want to get a 2000 to 04 Taurus wagon with a floor shift, and transplant a 3rd gen SHO V8, transplant the front SARC struts, dummy the SARC system to work w/o the rears, swap the SHO wheels and exhaust, maybe get some magnaflows on it and then TURBO. Those engines LOVE forced air. Maybe I'd swap the seats, too. Those seats are nice. Then leave it white and stock looking otherwise. Not even window tint. I'd go out on the streets and destroy everybody.

People say the SHO's are fast, but I have yet to have the pleasure of driving or riding in one. Only one I have ever seen in person had the passenger side doors pushed over even with the drivers seat and the passengers seat was hanging out in the rear dash area... It had brains and blood all over the interior. Supposedly the driver had slid sideways into a tree at 120+ mph

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Reply #26 – July 11, 2013, 11:40:56 PM

I had a 3rd gen. I had the heads off for valves, and I installed a Magnaflow y-pipe at the same time. Sold it shortly after, but with the heads back on and the freer flowing cats, that thing went like stink. 120 was easy, not as easy as the bird, but she's lighter and has more engine. The thing I miss most is the wail. With the intake resonator off and with 2 1/4 Dynomax's the thing sounded like shag with a hot Italian chick in puppiesan. Especially after the IMRC opens at 3400 rpm.

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Reply #27 – July 12, 2013, 10:25:25 AM

How about an AMC Pacer. with an lsx supercharged.

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Reply #28 – July 12, 2013, 11:20:26 AM

if it were me, crown vic wagon with a 351 based stroker.

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Reply #29 – July 12, 2013, 11:51:44 AM

Sleepers are my favorite kind of cars. I'm always mentioning to my wife how good of a sleeper I think something would make. Minivans, small cars, big cars, wagons... you can pretty much sleep anything!

I think a late 80s Oldsmobile with a completely stock exterior and a beefed up L67 swap would be pretty badass and not too hard to do. Something like this...

A fox Cougar could also be pretty sleepy if kept stock looking and quiet...

Here is an LS1 Pacer I saw on LS1tech a while back.