SLEEPERS! Anyone have a street sleeper here?
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PapaJohns said:
Not sure if this counts, more Q-car
VW passat CC --3.6L V6-- nigh on 300bhp
Basically an R36 in a slightly lighter package, only visual difference to a diesel is the twin chrome pipes.........
Definitely counts considering anyone would assume it's just a 2.0TDI. The twin chrome pipes could just be a visual upgrade package, so yeah definitely a sleeper VW passat CC --3.6L V6-- nigh on 300bhp
Basically an R36 in a slightly lighter package, only visual difference to a diesel is the twin chrome pipes.........
Edited by PapaJohns on Sunday 21st December 12:10
Bonus points if you get a TDI badge from a scrappie and stick it on the back
randomeddy said:
The Spruce goose said:
randomeddy said:
maybe with a remap but the passet is getting on 1.7 tonnes(I put a little turbo badge on when I first got it and my son bked me).
swerni said:
Swanny87 said:
swerni said:
The one on the right clearly
Neither are owned by me anymore
It had the quick shift box and the prodrive engine upgrade
I had to wait 12 months for it to arrive and it was delivered in 1998.
Back them, virtually know one knew what it was.
At the time it was an awesome sleeper
Anyway, my contribution, my current car crush, w220 S600.
You see an old, bus sized Merc. You'd expect it to be a V6, or at a push a V8 with a modest 300BHP or so. What you probably would not be expecting a Twin Turbo charged V12 with 600bhp/700lbft (albeit with extensive mods like a remap and... well, that's it) allowing it to fly down the 1/4 mile in 11 seconds or so and would muller most cars this side of a Veyron from a roll. And it looks like a 2 grand 320. I think they're fantastic!
If the massive twin pipe exhausts and huge wheels on a Astra weren't enough of a give away, the fact that the body doesn't look 'right'. Sort of like someone plonked the body onto a different chassis, which is what I'm assuming what is the case.
Clearly there are some very differing opinion as to what constitutes a 'sleeper'
Clearly there are some very differing opinion as to what constitutes a 'sleeper'
A sleeper is a car that was never meant to trouble anything on the roads and yet disappear into the distance.
One I like is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuC9E3H6FH8
And another with plastic wheel trims too !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJB8rP_bwrs
oh and the mad swedes and boosted Volvos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAfd7_xX-bw
One I like is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuC9E3H6FH8
And another with plastic wheel trims too !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJB8rP_bwrs
oh and the mad swedes and boosted Volvos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAfd7_xX-bw
Edited by Justin S on Sunday 21st December 20:53
Edited by Justin S on Sunday 21st December 21:12
279 said:
If the massive twin pipe exhausts and huge wheels on a Astra weren't enough of a give away, the fact that the body doesn't look 'right'. Sort of like someone plonked the body onto a different chassis, which is what I'm assuming what is the case.
Clearly there are some very differing opinion as to what constitutes a 'sleeper'
Oh come one, really? If you were to put standard Astra alloys on it then no-one but the 0.01% of car geeks would spot the slightly different body shape, and most people would assume the twin pipes are standard barryboy halfords additions.Clearly there are some very differing opinion as to what constitutes a 'sleeper'
Do you really think people are going to go "oh hang on, I bet someone's put an Astra body onto a Corvette chassis" ?
babo456 said:
Theres a local lad here who has a horrible brown, 5 door 1996ish corsa. Looks total crap.
BUT a 320bhp Z20LET GSi engine crammed in some how.
Goes like stink when it gets traction. The thing can only weigh about a ton and a bit.
Probably a tad less than a ton..BUT a 320bhp Z20LET GSi engine crammed in some how.
Goes like stink when it gets traction. The thing can only weigh about a ton and a bit.
I put a Z20LET in my 1.8 Corsa with a stage 1 remap to 225 bhp, now that was quick.
I'd even argue that the 1.8 with the bog standard 125bhp was enough to scare some bigger bits of kit away. Cars are heavy now.
Justin S said:
A sleeper is a car that was never meant to trouble anything on the roads and yet disappear into the distance.
Exactly right IMO. 3 good examples there. Cars you wouldn't give a second glance as you walked past them.ChemicalChaos said:
Oh come one, really? If you were to put standard Astra alloys on it then no-one but the 0.01% of car geeks would spot the slightly different body shape, and most people would assume the twin pipes are standard barryboy halfords additions.
Do you really think people are going to go "oh hang on, I bet someone's put an Astra body onto a Corvette chassis" ?
The paintwork, bodykit, wheels all say modified to me. The GTE/GSI was a hot hatch in its day. No, I wouldn't expect it to have the running gear it has got however I'd still expect it to be reasonably quick.Do you really think people are going to go "oh hang on, I bet someone's put an Astra body onto a Corvette chassis" ?
If it looked a basic 1.3L with wheel trims then that's a different game altogether......
Edited by DuraAce on Sunday 21st December 21:26
Trevor450 said:
E500. 388bhp 5.5 litre. Looks like an E220.
E500. 388bhp. 5.5 litre. Looks like a....
... Crap. Beaten to it.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=...
Edited by Mr E on Sunday 21st December 21:41
J4CKO said:
fatjon said:
Somewhere lurking around Retford (notts) is a red Sierra Estate. Faded dull oxidised paint, steel wheels, pea shooter exhaust, filthy and a bit rusty. Do not mess with it.
I assume the tail pipe is not he actual live one as this stty old shed left my Cerbera for dead. He even slowed down a few times so he could take the piss out of me again. I didn't hear any dump valve sounds or V8 rumble but it moved like it had been fired out of cannon but with barely a sound.
Jesus, what on earth would an old Sierra need to drop a Cerbera ! don't Cerberas do 0-100 in like 8 seconds, weigh not much more than a tonne and have 400 plus bhp, even most mega tuned Cosworths would struggle with one.I assume the tail pipe is not he actual live one as this stty old shed left my Cerbera for dead. He even slowed down a few times so he could take the piss out of me again. I didn't hear any dump valve sounds or V8 rumble but it moved like it had been fired out of cannon but with barely a sound.
We need to know more about this Sierra, it is the car Equivalent of feral Big Cats roaming Bodmin Moor or similar.
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/137806/1990...
Was in Buxton at the time but was sold on that thread.
jogger1976 said:
I was sorting through some of my files yesterday and came across this. Not mine unfortunately, but I saw it at Shuttleworth about 18 months ago. It's a Cortina GT, so standard about 75-80bhp. From memory it was pushing about 140 bhp with the breathed on X-Flow from Burton Power. Not bad for a car that weighs 850kg.
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