Sleeper......

[SliM]

Hey i am kinda new to all this, as i am only 18 and getting the money to look at cars........... just wondering when peeps refer to trying to get a "sleeper" look what do they mean?

[martydaman]

stock looking on the outside but a beast under the hood

[(B1) MR_fanny]

no show all go

[Kaido_RR]

SLiM, basic "Sleeper" is any car which looks stocky on the outside (bodykit) but has "all the go"

so lets say a GTR with stock bodykit and no-badges but running a GT51R turbo

[magic1]

packing 435rwhp and 16in wheels

[Guest]

Just admit it a Nissan Stagea is the sleeper from hell.

[4door_Sleeper]

I dont think you could really call a GTR a sleeper.

I would have called my 4 door a sleeper. It was often considered to be just another 4 door sedan (lots of people don't even realise nissan made a 4 door skyline) but had all the right bits where it counted. It wasnt untill I applied the brakes (after beating them off the line) that they realised it was a skyline.

[martydaman]

Just admit it a Nissan Stagea is the sleeper from hell.

lol... definetly, looks like family car with a baby seat in the back

[seraphyn_r33]

sleepers are cars that look normal on the outside but are packing extreme heat under the bonnet. The best examples of sleepers are the cars that have a reputation for being slow and/or a grandpas car (things like old toyota cressidas, old nissan bluebirds etc) but have had an engine conversion to a big power engine.

[Kor'axis]

Like my mate's '88 camry; with a S2000 engine under the bonnet. The car even has rust spots on the body!

[martydaman]

Like my mate's '88 camry; with a S2000 engine under the bonnet. The car even has rust spots on the body!

bahahaha... thats the definition of a sleeper right there

[geno8r]

Yeh, a true sleeper is a car you've never heard of being fast at all... There's this Toyota Starlet going around that does low 12's! It would be the ultimate sleeper if it wasnt for the big performance decals on it.

[Adam_RSX]

How does a Camry run a S2000 engine?

Dropping a FJ into a stock looking MR30 sedan would make a nice sleeper

[rev210]

a sleeper...

Volvo station wagon. (no expectation of 'go' from one of these).

Worked 5L V8 , forgies, roller rockers , head work, manifold, cam, Tricked up auto with shift kit and B&M quickshifter, 3.25 Dana 30 LSD diff.. blah blah blah.

There is a silver/blue volvo sedan over here that has a very warm chev in it and it runs 12.2 second quater miles, in street trim.

[R32Big_boy]

i'd be spewin if i got owned by that.

[krzysiu]

Leewah

[geno8r]

LOl, thats the best sleeper I've ever seen! Bloody Volvo Driver.

[rev210]

plenty of cars have been owned by the volvo.

Plenty of cars have beaten it too, they just can't brag about it.

[martydaman]

what does the station wagon pull out in a quarter??

[rev210]

what does the station wagon pull out in a quarter??

It might do a high 13 all things being equal on a good day. At the moment it is in a reasonable state of tune, I spent all last week fixing things on it. For the previous six months it was without the use of the secondaries on the carby (the wife and kids drive around in it so they didn't mind).

I have a 294 duration big lift cam sitting in the shed at the moment that along with a 2000-2500rpm or so high stall and some mucking around might get it into low 13's. But... I shouldn't go doing things like that when I have an R32 GTR to spend money on.