SLEEPERS! Anyone have a street sleeper here?

[Motorrad]

feef said:

V nice

Got any more info, build-thread and whatnot?

Yes you can't leave us hanging like that.

[Gary29]

Gov website says that Focus has a 2.5L petrol engine, so presuming it's got a 5 pot ST lump chucked in there and fettled with, great sleeper though, you wouldn't look once at it, never mind twice.

[anonymous-user]

Read here

[CHR15 G]

Motorrad said:

feef said:

V nice

Got any more info, build-thread and whatnot?

Yes you can't leave us hanging like that.

yonex said:

Read here

Feel free to read away at my 25 page thread... I shall be updating in the next couple of days with a couple of small mods.

Gary29 said:

Gov website says that Focus has a 2.5L petrol engine, so presuming it's got a 5 pot ST lump chucked in there and fettled with, great sleeper though, you wouldn't look once at it, never mind twice.

I glad that someone else has got it to check out on the gov site. One of requirements was it had to be as legal as any other car on the road.

[Motorrad]

CHR15 G said:

I glad that someone else has got it to check out on the gov site. One of requirements was it had to be as legal as any other car on the road.

Don't know how I missed that but thanks for the link. What a great car.

[C7 JFW]

Great thread. Actively looking to ditch the spoiler and 18" wheels on my mk4 Golf V6 4Motion and go back to standard 16" wheels so that I can appear sleepy. Then pick up a charger when someone else sells up.

[lostkiwi]

Would these count?


Here's a video of one similar....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5S1NAMnYKM


Or even quicker....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnp-PKvNIZk

Not mine sadly but I'm thinking this could be fun in the future....

Edited by lostkiwi on Thursday 25th February 16:32

[Toby-lq01w]

I used to own this - Grandpa car.

Actually handled as well as it went with the 4.6 under the bonnet.

Surprised some folk on the TT course, on their motorbikes.

[_dobbo_]

Toby-lq01w said:

I used to own this - Grandpa car.

Actually handled as well as it went with the 4.6 under the bonnet.

Surprised some folk on the TT course, on their motorbikes.

I had one of these for about 8 years. I loved it. It was a lot of things, but fast was not one of them. 250hp from a 4.6v8 is laughably low.

The supercharged versions go well though.

[ZX10R NIN]

Does this count?


I have one it's a 4.7 biturbo & looks exactly the same as an E250 CDI it's at the wheel bhp is now 552

[theboss]

J4CKO said:

yonex said:

CHR15 G said:

Does this count?



with this:

Uh-huh

Yep, just looks like the average st box Focus, usually 100 ish bhp but has over three times that.

Its a boggo looking model, estate for extra points, no external clues and it is still a common sight, rarer, older stuff can be a sleeper but the ultimate is what looks like a painter and decorators daily hack.

Love the steel wheel effect. It just needs some roof rails and a ladder on top.

[CHR15 G]

theboss said:

Love the steel wheel effect. It just needs some roof rails and a ladder on top.

Roof bars like this?

[theboss]

CHR15 G said:

theboss said:

Love the steel wheel effect. It just needs some roof rails and a ladder on top.

Roof bars like this?

Brilliant! Is that a down-turned tailpipe too?

[e600]

Hoping for an MOT in mid March, first one since 1971!

[CHR15 G]

theboss said:

CHR15 G said:

theboss said:

Love the steel wheel effect. It just needs some roof rails and a ladder on top.

Roof bars like this?

Brilliant! Is that a down-turned tailpipe too?

Custom 3" stainless system with a diesel style down turn. And a tow bar.

[aspirated]

CHR15 G said:

Custom 3" stainless system with a diesel style down turn. And a tow bar.

Only improvement i can think of is 2 tatty (preferably mismatched) wheel trims, one for each side on different axles

[aspirated]

C7 JFW said:

Great thread. Actively looking to ditch the spoiler and 18" wheels on my mk4 Golf V6 4Motion and go back to standard 16" wheels so that I can appear sleepy. Then pick up a charger when someone else sells up.

For true sleeper status you'll have to replace the rub strips with boggo textured black unpainted ones and replace the taillights with standard orange indicator units

[theboss]

aspirated said:

CHR15 G said:

Custom 3" stainless system with a diesel style down turn. And a tow bar.

Only improvement i can think of is 2 tatty (preferably mismatched) wheel trims, one for each side on different axles

I have to say, that really is top work Chris. I bet every journey is a laugh in that.

I recall the 'pensioner chic' thread a few years ago - I'd love to see something similarly unassuming with the beaded seat cover and all that gear.

[CHR15 G]

aspirated said:

Only improvement i can think of is 2 tatty (preferably mismatched) wheel trims, one for each side on different axles

I had been thinking the very same thing. I like your style.

[cib24]

The Polo and Focus are definitions of sleepers. Perfect.