Sleepers

[Jarlaxle]

Turbochargers muffle an engine nicely!

I saw a dude on the Power Tour a while back...red late-80's (last year with no airbag...1989?) Firebird Formula, Dade County, Florida plates, it looked like a stocker with chrome exhaust tips & nice wheels. Stock interior, stock (auto) shifter, no aftermarket gauges...but wait, that's a rollcage tube next to the A-pillar!

It ran 9's on E85, powered by a twin-turbo, intercooled LS1.

 

[gregoron]

How about a MB 190E 2.6 without the 2.6 badge. It doesn't shout like the 2.5-16 Cosworth. It's a subtle looking car but fast and sporty.

Also the 1994 MB W124 500E without the badge may pass as a sleeper for those who don't know about the fender flares.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_500E

 

[dwcopple]

I have dreamed of a V70R in jet black with its 300hp just waiting to tear up the roads...

 

[JasonSTI]

A forester xt. With a detuned STI engine, it's just a few modifications away from 300 awhp, easy.

 

[dailydriver]

Yes, that ^^^ was Scoobie's version of a GMC Typhoon.

(But, as has been stated, the hood scoop gives it away, at least to the somewhat informed.

)

 

[ksp7498]

Honestly, pretty much any modern 4-door V6 sedan is a "sleeper" in the sense that they look plain but are surprisingly quick. Seriously, think about the fact that pretty much any family sedan these days comes with an optional 270hp+ V6 and 6+ speed transmissions. A new V6 Camry or Accord will outrun almost any muscle car from the 60's-90's. A V6 Accord runs the quarter mile in 14.0, which is faster than a '99-'04 Mustang GT, and even with a '69 Mustang Mach 1.

 

[MCompact]

My 1988 M6 was a sleeper when I owned it back in the early '90s; back then very few people knew what an ///M car was. With a Dinan chip and a Fahey track pipe it made over 300 bhp at the crank- and it caught more than a few Mustang GTs and Z28s by surprise. The car was even protested at a BMW/Porsche Solo I event; the P Car guys thought I had more modifications than the chip and exhaust.
Still, time moves on, the M6 was even slower than my Mazdaspeed, needing a tick over 14 seconds to run the quarter and only topping out at 168...

 

[TechnoLoGs]

Yes or nea?

 

[SuzukiGoat]

My buddy had an old eclipse drag car he converted to light road use.

It would run 12s on street tires all day long. That thing was a sleeper.

A Nissan murano turboed is another sleeper... a soccer mom suv with BRUTAL acceleration.

My favorite sleeper, ever, the 350sbc scion xb on tucked drag slicks. That's a 2700)b car before you start removing wiring, airbags, computers. Even with the larger motor and trans, it may have weighed 2800lbs with 475 HP/tq. Since its supposed to run the quarter Mike in 17 seconds stock, that's a sleeper.

 

[SuzukiGoat]

Smartuki can be a sleeper from [censored].

Smart car with Suzuki 1300 motor... and Turbo is an option.

Best part of that swap, coming up to a red light and downshifting a little early and catching 12000 rpm. Yeah...thousand!

Also...never, ever, ever toy with a Suzuki grand vitara with the new v6 when cruising at 40+...whoever did that gearing was an idiot...or a genius. They pull harder to 100 than any family car I've seen.

 

[Jarlaxle]

There's a dude around here who has an older Kia Sportage with an LS motor swap in it. Only thing that looks odd is that it's a rare (for this area) 2WD Sportage.

 

[hattaresguy]

The new Audi S8 is a great Q ship. Very few cars can pull on it in real world conditions.

500E Mercedes were sleepers in their day, slap a 300E badge on it and if they don't notice the fender flares...



The Mustang sure makes a lot of noise...the fantastically done AWD system and transmission in the Audi just put down numbers. The best part is my grandmother could get the same numbers in the S8.

 

[SteveSRT8]

The Audi uses the ubiquitous ZF 8 speed trans.

Its quick shifting and good lower ratios make ANY car much quicker.

 

[dwcopple]

Originally Posted By: SuzukiGoat
Also...never, ever, ever toy with a Suzuki grand vitara with the new v6 when cruising at 40+
the Equinox clone? Come on, really?

 

[Jarlaxle]

The Mustang spun off the line on what looked like a horrid track.

I would love to line up against an S8 in my Caddy...just for the expression on the guy's face when I beat him!