SLEEPERS! Anyone have a street sleeper here?

[Slow]

hondafanatic said:

As you've correctly pointed out this is ultimately opinion based.

And if your truck pulled up next to me, I would automatically assume it will be far from standard and be able to blow most things out of the water.

It's a fabulous truck and I love the look and its all the more impressive that you've built it up yourself. I certainly don't have the skills.

But, in my very humble opinion, that truck is nowhere near being a sleeper. It's is however totally cool and I'd love one.

Do you have a build thread?

The thing is though that in certain parts of the USA, normally to the south, you quite often see these trucks actually being used in a condition not really different to that in regards to the body. Due to this normally they are slow and nothing special.

[hondafanatic]

And as I said... It's all opinion based.

I've been watching too much roadkill and motor-trend builds that I'd expect that to have some sort of snarling v8 charged monster under the 'hood'.

[SystemParanoia]

hondafanatic said:

And as I said... It's all opinion based.

I've been watching too much roadkill and motor-trend builds that I'd expect that to have some sort of snarling v8 charged monster under the 'hood'.

with leaf blowers in the boot

[fatjon]

can't remember said:

fatjon said:

Turbo charged Vauxhall Magnum? Not a lot to give it away, can just see the intercooler through the front grill if you look carefully.

That very nice. What are the performance and handling like?

Very fast, circa 400hp, It had the same spec T series engine that went in my Maestro turbo and an LT77 rover 5 speed box. handling a joke and standard brakes! It hardly ever saw the road. I've sold it to a mate of mine who is adding some more modern suspension and brakes. Still a real sleeper though as he's leaving no clues on the outside without a close look at the disks.

[twink]

I nominate Boba Motorings mk2 Golf. Looks standard from outside unless you count the wheels or notice the oil cooler and intercooler behind the bumper. And even if you do, I bet you wouldn't expect 1200BHP from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuj7x4Px6zQ

[Streetrod]

twink said:

I nominate Boba Motorings mk2 Golf. Looks standard from outside unless you count the wheels or notice the oil cooler and intercooler behind the bumper. And even if you do, I bet you wouldn't expect 1200BHP from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuj7x4Px6zQ

The thing is you would never be allowed to run that thing on a drag strip in the UK because of a lack of safety equipment

[PowerslideSWE]

Theres a guy in town who has a standard looking gold metallic Volvo 740, with standard wheelcovers and everything, running a 1000 hp Toyota 2jz. Only thing that gives it away is the slighly larger exhaust. And the fact that it can lay 100 meter long elevenses....at 120 mph.

[ajprice]

fatjon said:

can't remember said:

fatjon said:

Turbo charged Vauxhall Magnum? Not a lot to give it away, can just see the intercooler through the front grill if you look carefully.

That very nice. What are the performance and handling like?

Very fast, circa 400hp, It had the same spec T series engine that went in my Maestro turbo and an LT77 rover 5 speed box. handling a joke and standard brakes! It hardly ever saw the road. I've sold it to a mate of mine who is adding some more modern suspension and brakes. Still a real sleeper though as he's leaving no clues on the outside without a close look at the disks.

How good would upgraded brakes be with the standard (13" ? ) wheels on a 400bhp car?

[J4CKO]

fatjon said:

can't remember said:

fatjon said:

Turbo charged Vauxhall Magnum? Not a lot to give it away, can just see the intercooler through the front grill if you look carefully.

That very nice. What are the performance and handling like?

Very fast, circa 400hp, It had the same spec T series engine that went in my Maestro turbo and an LT77 rover 5 speed box. handling a joke and standard brakes! It hardly ever saw the road. I've sold it to a mate of mine who is adding some more modern suspension and brakes. Still a real sleeper though as he's leaving no clues on the outside without a close look at the disks.

Love it, I can just imagine the bemused M3 owner being humiliated as that starts to hammer past, then either spins or ploughs into something with whats left of it brakes blazing away merrily like an airliner that has aborted a takeoff

Brakes were marginal even back then, my uncle had a Magnum 2300 coupe, drove it a couple of times and the brakes were, a few times at least, until they got toasty, they were solid disks with drums on the back, remember my cousin not wanting to replace them as he was a skint student and put new pads on some very old disks, he braked, we heard a bang and it turned out the disk surface had separated from the bell as it had got so thin.

[stackmonkey]

Balmoral said:

1200cc BMW flat twin R series motorcycle engines in 2CV's, 90-120 bhp.

Tempted to get yours done?

[anonymous-user]

Not me but:

The Clio Prilliams.








Sadly dead now though. Probably broken for parts.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[NAS]

PowerslideSWE said:

Theres a guy in town who has a standard looking gold metallic Volvo 740, with standard wheelcovers and everything, running a 1000 hp Toyota 2jz. Only thing that gives it away is the slighly larger exhaust. And the fact that it can lay 100 meter long elevenses....at 120 mph.

I know from this sentence that you had to live in Scandinavia.... Those long winters get mighty boring.

[HybridAero]

Does this qualify as a sleeper, with 340 bhp 520 NM?

[ZiggyNiva]

HybridAero said:

Does this qualify as a sleeper, with 340 bhp 520 NM?

Not with the nordic sticker on the numberplate. To be honest it wouldn't have surprised me if it was running substantially more. However as a massive Saab fan i think it looks excellent and I would love something similar

[HybridAero]

ZiggyNiva said:

Not with the nordic sticker on the numberplate. To be honest it wouldn't have surprised me if it was running substantially more. However as a massive Saab fan i think it looks excellent and I would love something similar

Thanks, yeh I suppose it's a bit of a giveaway

Does take people by surprise, but nobody EVER seems to want a race.

[Stickyfinger]

Big Alloys, gloss paint, big exhaust, modern, often modified, sorry but all together adds up to a fail.

Nice however

[ikarl]

ajprice said:

fatjon said:

can't remember said:

fatjon said:

Turbo charged Vauxhall Magnum? Not a lot to give it away, can just see the intercooler through the front grill if you look carefully.

That very nice. What are the performance and handling like?

Very fast, circa 400hp, It had the same spec T series engine that went in my Maestro turbo and an LT77 rover 5 speed box. handling a joke and standard brakes! It hardly ever saw the road. I've sold it to a mate of mine who is adding some more modern suspension and brakes. Still a real sleeper though as he's leaving no clues on the outside without a close look at the disks.

How good would upgraded brakes be with the standard (13" ? ) wheels on a 400bhp car?

Whilst I agree that fhe brakes should be upgraded, for the majority of the time, the stock brakes should be enough if the car is roughly the same weight and you stick within the speed limits....

It only becomes an issue if speeding or back-road blasting...then I'm sure the brakes would struggle.

[OldGermanHeaps]

I had one of these, in faded glasgow city council yellow with rust patches and rusty steelies and a yellow beacon on the roof, but with the engine, gearbox, subrafme, anti roll bars, brakes, steering rack, basically all the running gear off a tuned 16v gte. It was awesome fun.

Edited by OldGermanHeaps on Thursday 19th January 19:13

[PowerslideSWE]

NAS said:

I know from this sentence that you had to live in Scandinavia.... Those long winters get mighty boring.

That...and expensive

[aka_kerrly]

Streetrod said:

twink said:

I nominate Boba Motorings mk2 Golf. Looks standard from outside unless you count the wheels or notice the oil cooler and intercooler behind the bumper. And even if you do, I bet you wouldn't expect 1200BHP from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuj7x4Px6zQ

The thing is you would never be allowed to run that thing on a drag strip in the UK because of a lack of safety equipment

Really, what makes you say that?!

"bobo" (unsure what the chap's name is) has made the trip over to the UK a fair few times with his mk2 Golfs and mk1 Polos that run ludicrous amounts of power and had no trouble running sub 10s at Santa Pod.