Low-Budget Sleeper Cars

[cajunfirehawk]

Any 1998-2002 camaro (or trans am, firebird) with an LS1 and a six speed, also the last few years of the gto, all tire smokers.

[pb_foots]

1994-1996 Chevy Caprice 9C1. Cheap, easy to mod, parts are easy to get, and the LT1 is bulletproof if you take care of it.

[Scottwax]

78-82 Malibu with a 472 or 500 Caddy engine swap. Both cars and engines are cheap and even with a bone stock 472, you are looking at low 14s, maybe high 13s. 500 with headers, intake, Holley 750 DP, torque cam and you should see easy 12s and never rev past 5200 rpm.

[Scottwax]

Originally Posted by cajunfirehawk

Any 1998-2002 camaro (or trans am, firebird) with an LS1 and a six speed, also the last few years of the gto, all tire smokers.

Those aren't sleepers.

[holland_patrick]

Subaru Baja Turbo.

just like the forester they have the same engine internals as the STI just a few small parts (turbo/intercooler) just a few quick changes your going to have one great 300+ HP little truck..

or you could do this...

you need to loose the wing but other then that it's a sleeper

[Spilchy]

I remember my father rented a car when we went to visit my brother in college in 1988. It was a 1987 Buick Regal T Type. It looked like any other Buick but I remember my father commenting on how much power it had. It wasn't the Grand National (one of my favorite cars!)

My friend had a 1991 Mustang LX 5.0. Don't know if you could call it a sleeper, but when you removed the "5.0" badges and rolled up on an uneducated guy next to you; it made for a real eye opener for him! THAT car was one little pocket rocket.

[Scottwax]

Early 90s Mitsubitshi Galant VR4, same engine as the turboed D-Stars, tons of potential. Same with the Mazda 626 GT, turbo engine like the Ford Probe, total stealth machine.

[fstb88]

There are only three sleepers in my mind. One would be and early 90s Thunderbird with the SC or the Second Gen Ford Taurus SHO, with a slight mod(sv heads and cams off a SVT Contour) it can pull major power without turbo or superchargers. Little bit of an extensive build but will be very solid. O and the late 80s turbo charged T-Birds

[Denzil]

Mazda Miata with LS1 swap.

[shine]

or a Civette.

[David Fermani]

My vote is for a 5.0 with a large hidden shot of N0S. Stock cam ones can go 10'ohs all day long. You won't know what hit ya.

[fstb88]

Or more likely to happen a Mazda Miata with a 3.5 Duratech swap.