SLEEPERS! Anyone have a street sleeper here?

[The Wookie]

The Wookie said:

My best mate’s van. It’s a US spec one with the 3.5 ecoboost (derivative of the one in the F150 raptor and Ford GT)

With uprated turbos it’s at about 450bhp but hasn’t been mapped properly yet, he reckons he might get up to 500 with it.

RWD with a limited slip diff, it is absolutely hilarious and properly quick when empty!

He was running it round on rusty steelies until recently but vanity (and possibly a lack of traction) got the better of him

Borrowed the 'Tranborghini' the weekend before last to move some cars around with our RT6 trailer.

One of the best tow vehicles I've driven; stomps off with buckets of bottom end torque in a way that rivals an AMG G55, can put all its power down, rides great even when empty, felt stable even without loads of noseweight, plenty of room as the bulkhead is a bit further back than a Euro van.

Only two downsides were that, being high-sided, it was a touch lively in high crosswinds when passing trucks on the motorway that weekend (but settled down straight away), and it rapidly got boring sticking 120 quids worth of fuel in it every few hours although I am slightly spoilt these days with my everyday car being an EV. Plus the van has still yet to be properly mapped for the new turbos so should improve

It would make an epic racing camper/tow vehicle.

[Wadeski]

J4CKO said:

braddo said:

This is a set of wheels and maybe an inch of extra ride height away from being one hell of a sleeper.

500hp+ of turbocharged 80s petrol Merc straight six under the bonnet.

For sale for £30k

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1678006

Yeah, that would float past my radar as "Cool, nice old Merc, probably very slow".

Yep, I would assume a wheezy 100hp four banger or a diesel under the hood.

[Truckosaurus]

J4CKO said:

Yeah, that would float past my radar as "Cool, nice old Merc, probably very slow".

Indeed, like most of the cars on this thread it would be eye catching for being an interesting car even in stock form, so not a true sleeper.

We need more sleepers based on some dull modern car such as a Prius (I was going to say Tesla, but everyone expects them to be fast in a straight line).

[braddo]

Truckosaurus said:

Indeed, like most of the cars on this thread it would be eye catching for being an interesting car even in stock form, so not a true sleeper.

I disagree. No-one assumes an old slow car in nice condition might be a sleeper. They just assume it's an old car in nice condition. The UK has a massive classic car scene so it's not unusual to see tidy old cars on a sunny weekend.

There are loads of old German cars (Merc, VW, BMW) that have been lowered on cross-spoke alloys in the yoof car scene. Most of which are very slow indeed!

[Escort3500]

braddo said:

Truckosaurus said:

Indeed, like most of the cars on this thread it would be eye catching for being an interesting car even in stock form, so not a true sleeper.

I disagree. No-one assumes an old slow car in nice condition might be a sleeper. They just assume it's an old car in nice condition. The UK has a massive classic car scene so it's not unusual to see tidy old cars on a sunny weekend.

There are loads of old German cars (Merc, VW, BMW) that have been lowered on cross-spoke alloys in the yoof car scene. Most of which are very slow indeed!