I always thought that the most clever car guys out there were the ones who could build a fast car that looked like your average grocery getter. Wayyyyyy back in 1966 some guys who worked at Dodge used to race a Coronet at Van Nuys. It had a Hemi but looked like your grandma's V8 ride. It was also painted dark metallic green. Looks light metallic green during the day and almost black at night. So the car looks two different colors. They must have made a fortune betting on themselves.

In the late 80's another guy had made a Dodge Omni GLHS that could cut a 13 second quarter. It looked like a base Omni and would smoke old musclecars on a daily basis. At the time guys like me didn't think a FWD four banger grocery getter could be fast at all. That car must have paid for itself within a month.

So what would currently be your favorite concept for a sleeper car?

Mine, a few years back, was a 1987-93 Mustang four banger with a Turbo. It would sound like the slow 88hp version until someone notices the turbo whine, but by then the race is over. A sleeper only works though when the car is fairly recent because prospective street racers don't think that anyone would modify a newish car to be fast without doing anything to the exterior. Anything over 6-7 years old would arouse suspicion I think.

It's a bit harder today because a lot of cars have a fair amount of HP and/or are very modifiable to be fast no matter if they're FWD or RWD.

Although, I do have to say that a 2005 Econoline cargo van with a 347 ford V8 with a supercharger and nitrous could be a hell of a contender. Also, this will sound stupid but it's totally going with the ideal of sleepers: A Toyota Prius or Honda Insight. Both those cars are super light if you take out all the electric battery/hybrid crap and I have an idea that if you tossed in a normal engine in there making around 300hp you could really really clean up and make a lot of people look dumb.

NOTE: Street racing is illegal kids. I'm only talking about this in theory as a fun mental exercise.

k car wagon on an s10 frame with a 454 stuufed in.nobody would se it coming lol.or a 5.0 tempo

Ford Festiva with a turbocharged H22.

600hp turbo geo metro 3-cly.

yes, i've seen one and i must say,

waste of money!

I miss my Cavalier, even if it made 100 hp on a cold day and had more suspension then it deserved.

Roadmonster wagon with a LS7 and T56 or T6060 trans. Preferably a "woody".

80's Cadillac Seville
Pontiac Scooter/Acadian/Chevy Chevette
Honda S2000

All of those.. with an LSx shoehorned into the engine bay.

*Grin*

G N X

I never thought I'd say this, BUT

I'm a big fan of a turbo K-Car with some missing hub caps.
A rattle-can paint-job would get bonus points.






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