04-20-2003, 10:43 AM | #1 (permalink) |
Go faster!
Location: Wisconsin
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The ultimate sleeper
If you were to build up a realistic sleeper, what would you do? I'm not talking about buying the car, but building one up, that one wouldn't assume to be quick. I.E....buying a GNX and/or building up a GN/GNX.
Here's my thoughts, hopefully to turn in to a realistic project: 1. Start with a 1997 Olds Cutlass Supreme sedan 2. Remove crappy 3100 V6 and 4T60-E transmission 3. Remove front brake hardware 4. Remove all four wheels and tires 5. Obtain either a L67 (Supercharged GM 3800 V6) equipped donor car, or entire powerplant stuff, including engine, trans, axles, wiring...stuff like that 6. Rebuild the L67 motor with a better valvetrain, P&P heads, performance cam, computer, headers, smaller pulley, CAI, full exhaust 7. Build up the 4T65-E HD transmission to take more torque 8. Install cross drilled front rotors, and possibly four piston front calipers, use race pads 9. Install slotted rear rotors, and replace the crappy GM rear calipers with something else, use race pads 10. Install Mille Miglia HT-3 18x8 rims in Carbon Grey, along with 225/40-R18 Bridgestone Potenza S-O3 Pole Position tires 11. Install various but necessary engine monitoring guages to keep things in check. 12. Keep up with Corvettes on the dragstrip! This should be a $6000 or so project, yielding me a new motor, transmission, and other go fast goodies. The only outward cues will be the 18" wheels, and the upgraded brake hardware poking through. |
04-20-2003, 02:50 PM | #7 (permalink) |
Dopefish
Location: the 'Ville
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I want to get a 92-95 Taurus SHO and build it up, the motor will go 150 stock, until the computer cuts it off. souped up it would be awesome, because its a family car. Maybe the 96-99 SHO with the V8 would be better.
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04-20-2003, 03:57 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Location: Wisconsin...
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I want to do a the same thing to my cadillac since the factory 4.1L doesn't get good gas mileage and it only has about 140hp and is slow.. I was thinking when I got the cash put some baer brakes on it. And then put a 3.8 supercharged engine in. It would also making working on it a little more pleasant too.
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04-20-2003, 04:12 PM | #11 (permalink) |
Thank You Jesus
Location: Twilight Zone
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mine is being cut up now...
1985 honda civic hatchback...... going in is SB chevy 350 with a front wheel drive olds tornado trans, the honda motor and trans are out and we are welding the the "new" sub frame up soon. spring snuck up on me and it is time to start heading to raceway park, englishtown nj to start bracket racing my 97 LT1 firechicken
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04-20-2003, 07:54 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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Location: California
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My friend took a little 74 Fiat and stuffed a warmed over 350 in it, just looking at it you wouldn't think anything of it... just a wussy Fiat, but it had to have 100 pounds of lead in the trunk to get any sort of traction..... of course the throaty V8 dual exhaust kind of gave it away though
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04-20-2003, 08:52 PM | #15 (permalink) |
Crazy
Location: Ontario Canada
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I have considered droppin an L67 Series II 3800 with an M90 Supercharger, plus finding the proper tranny and PCM/ECM/wiring. And putting it into my 1989 Bonneville SE...now, thats a sleeper.
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04-20-2003, 10:31 PM | #16 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: way out west
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that little V6 would be no match for many of the sleepers i've seen. 600-700hp in a clapped out beater with whitewalls
Big block Chevy in a mid 60's Rambler American 4 door, stock wheels and quiet exhaust. Restored Falcon with wire hubcaps, and huge power 5.0L disguised to look like the stock 260. Aspen? Howzabout an early 80's St Regis... 4 door, ex fuzz, 440 with N2O TR7 with 350, little 13" rims. |
04-21-2003, 02:47 PM | #17 (permalink) |
Cruisin thru life
Location: Alpharetta, GA
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How about a Volvo w/ a LS1 V8. I ran across a site that had conversion kits to turn POS diesel Volvos into kick azz V8 street sleepers. My roomate has a 88 Volvo Wagon that the engine just took a dump on him adn I am thinking about buyinh the car from him for like $500 then dropping a V8 under the hood and it would be one killer ride for under $6k
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04-30-2003, 11:36 PM | #20 (permalink) | |
**PORNHOUND**
Location: California
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The cool thing about turning a diesel into a sleeper is as long as you register it while it's running you never have to have it smog tested...... you can take a registered diesel and drop a killer drive train into it and never have to worry about aftermarket parts or stuff that wouldn't pass the visual inspection. You could go nuts and build a Rat motor for it and unless a cop looked under the hood you would get away with it...... |
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05-01-2003, 06:49 AM | #21 (permalink) |
I aim to misbehave!
Location: SW Oklahoma
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I built a sleeper out of my last Suburban.
Suburban??? 1985 half ton, brown and tan. Yep. Yanked the motor and trans. Built a roller motor, flat top pistons, hotter cam, high flow oil pump. Trashed the exaust and had a custom dual exhaust built and installed along with high flow Dynamax mufflers. Used a Holley fuel injection kit, and of course a K&N air filter. Three angle valve job. Had the trans custom rebuilt and fine tuned the shift rpms. It would smoke the tires with just me in it. I just loved taking smart assed folks at stop lights. Passing on the interstate was a breeze. Hated to give it up but on to better and bigger things.
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05-01-2003, 03:40 PM | #23 (permalink) |
Tilted
Location: WA
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maxima
choose if you want an auto or manual put some sticky tires on it cheap route: InJen Intake Y-pipe B-pipe (not so big) UDP nitrous =12second car fun route: T04B Turbo Spearco FMIC Management Electronics UDP =xx second car depending on boost. yeah, ive forgotten some things, but the you would be running on a stock engine with minor modifications to the engine. |
05-02-2003, 12:58 PM | #25 (permalink) | |
Crazy
Location: NC
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05-02-2003, 05:38 PM | #28 (permalink) |
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Has any seen the Dogde Omni that has the turbo? I forget what it's called exactly. Some kid I knew had on all done up. I had one look at it and said that's not much to look at. Then he had shown me what was hiding under the H@@D! Yikes! Then he ask me if I would like to go for a ride. That was the badest Omni ride I ever had!!!! Later he had told me all of the MODS that had been done. He had to have special half shafts made because he was breaking them on the track.....what a great ride, it didn't look like much, but it flew. He was very easily eating up the 5.0 stangs, he had a harder time with the BBlocks........Just thought I'd share my story!
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05-07-2003, 10:29 AM | #30 (permalink) |
look closer she shaved her bikini line. You Whiner
Location: deep in the heart of TX
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78 Caddy with a 502 and some street carver suspension is my ultimate ride, coming soon to a boulevard near you
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05-19-2003, 10:34 AM | #31 (permalink) | |
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05-22-2003, 03:08 PM | #35 (permalink) |
Go faster!
Location: Wisconsin
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A blown 440 in a K-Car? Does this guy have a death wish? I would like to see pics of that or something...that's just insane!
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05-19-2004, 06:30 AM | #37 (permalink) | |
plays well with others
Location: Canada
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05-19-2004, 07:58 AM | #38 (permalink) | |
Psycho
Location: norcal
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I know a guy who put a 302 into a early 240 wagon. Talk about sleeper. The only obvious signs the car was not stock was the larger than usual 2.5" exhaust.....and the sound it made when fired up....
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05-19-2004, 11:49 AM | #40 (permalink) | |
Junkie
Location: Canada eh?
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Re: The ultimate sleeper
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My favourite sleeper was a buddy's satilitte sedan. Had a worked over 413 pushing a 3.90 rear thru a 4sp. Had better than 400hp at the rear wheels and would take just about anything on the street while still looking like something grandma drove.
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