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kazoospec
kazoospec HalfDork
10/11/12 6:13 a.m.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=425562890837249

If you've got a better one, I'd like to see it.

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed Dork
10/11/12 6:37 a.m.

Nope, that takes the crown. Nice aero effect too when the rear cab hatch swings open for the length of the track.

Ranger50
Ranger50 UltraDork
10/11/12 6:45 a.m.

Black square here... So, yea awesome sleeper.....

Ian F
Ian F PowerDork
10/11/12 6:47 a.m.

Repost (although it's been awhile). It's a sleeper from the side, but from behind tires that wide are hard to hide.

Jarod
Jarod GRM+ Memberand New Reader
10/11/12 6:54 a.m.

Forester XT, this one is mine, but there are others that make even more horsepower, they just don't look as stock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-Vyf6GxZQ

Turbo Elantra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnHyjG2Kyoo&feature=plcp

alfadriver
alfadriver PowerDork
10/11/12 7:22 a.m.

In reply to Jarod:

Except the videos are really boring. I'm no drag racer, but it's a whole lot more interesting to see a car lay down there than on a chassis dyno. As for the other video- a lot of talk, and just look at the engine. That could have been summed up in one picture and text.

Since they both put me to sleep in their awseomness, I guess they qualify for being sleepers...

At least the truck video is pretty dramatic. It's really someting to see....

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/11/12 7:42 a.m.

I love the sleeper Foresters, speed and practicality. Too bad the turbos are so hard to find on the used market! (at least around here)

How about a 215mph, mid-engine, tube-frame, stock-looking Alfa 164?

jstein77
jstein77 Dork
10/11/12 7:57 a.m.

I think my Sentra qualifies as a sleeper, but not in the same league as that pickup.

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/my-new-toy/39426/page1/

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/11/12 7:59 a.m.
Ian F wrote: Repost (although it's been awhile). It's a sleeper from the side, but from behind tires that wide are hard to hide.

I thaught it was a duley

jstein77
jstein77 Dork
10/11/12 8:01 a.m.

In reply to Jarod:

Just out of curiosity, what gear are you in during those dyno runs?

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
10/11/12 8:02 a.m.
pinchvalve wrote: I love the sleeper Foresters, speed and practicality. Too bad the turbos are so hard to find on the used market! (at least around here) How about a 215mph, mid-engine, tube-frame, stock-looking Alfa 164?

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/11/12 8:11 a.m.

Remember the Lingenfelter Suburban? 0-60 in 4.7.

alfadriver
alfadriver PowerDork
10/11/12 8:12 a.m.

In reply to pinchvalve:

At the end, you can see and hear the car driving- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p36U-ReVQO4

On this one- sound is only good out of one side- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQigN057dMw

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/11/12 8:15 a.m.

Think I will just leave these here.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/11/12 8:19 a.m.

Put some "moon" hubcaps on this and you have the ultimate sleeper:

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/reader-rides/3936/

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/11/12 8:49 a.m.

Then there is the VW bus that has the 996 turbo drive line that is rocketing around the nurburgring

Jarod
Jarod GRM+ Memberand New Reader
10/11/12 9:17 a.m.

In reply to jstein77:

4th if I remember correctly.

Appleseed
Appleseed PowerDork
10/12/12 12:30 a.m.

Turbo Festiva

Only the mini-van is a bigger sleeper.

fasted58
fasted58 UltraDork
10/12/12 12:41 a.m.

Rambler, but I is old school

poopshovel
poopshovel UltimaDork
10/12/12 7:51 a.m.

My brother's supercharged Sequoia ranks pretty high on my sleeper list right now. It's no wheel-standing, chassis flexing farm truck, but it's got cold a/c, heated seats, beer cooler in the center console, and based on how badly it spanked a mildly modified S2k, I'm confident it's deep into the 13's.

92CelicaHalfTrac
92CelicaHalfTrac MegaDork
10/12/12 7:56 a.m.

"Swank Force One" is a bit of a sleeper... Challenge competitors didn't get to see it run the way it should. 93EXCivic and Dansxr2 both got rides in it if they want to share experiences.

But it's not the "Ultimate" sleeper by any means.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/12/12 8:28 a.m.

I am also reminded of turbo Saturns. Great sleepers.

Hauls Balls

AutoXR
AutoXR HalfDork
10/12/12 8:56 a.m.

Chevy Express ...5.3 turbo awd vs. ZR1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAa7Dsq15Oc

formula747
formula747 New Reader
10/12/12 9:19 a.m.

There was a mid-90s Suburban gutted out with a cage running high 9's in the quarter-mile at No Problem Speedway in Louisiana during a PINKS event. Can't find a video of it on youtube, but the truck in the initial post reminds me of it.

ebonyandivory
ebonyandivory Reader
10/12/12 11:24 a.m.

I just feel badly for the old Redbone hound in the back of that orangey red GMC in the OP. Imagine how hard he must've dug his paws into the rusty bed floor as he sailed backward into the tailgate?

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