Here's a fun sleeper

Saab Ed

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1646455.htm



Read the spec in the ad.

ianobrien

Now that's my type of sleeper........

Muckie

:eek: Wow, one cool motor.

Max Power1

CountingCrows

Max Power1 wrote: »

Clio Williams F7R (700) 2.0 16v Engine - 172.3 BHP @ 7135rpm

Berty

You get a sleeper but you also get a car that looks like crap.

robtri

As berty says you get a sleeper, but car looks like crap....

here's the view from behind... WTF is that exhaust about.....

mullingar

robtri wrote: »

As berty says you get a sleeper, but car looks like crap....

here's the view from behind... WTF is that exhaust about.....

The exhaust is fro a motorbike. ( From the ad its from a Suzuki Hyabusa )

SV

mullingar wrote: »

The exhaust is fro a motorbike. ( From the ad its from a Suzuki Hyabusa )

wouldn't be much of a sleeper so!

ever hear motorbike exhausts on cars?
incredibly loud..

bazz26

Saab Ed

Berty wrote: »

You get a sleeper but you also get a car that looks like crap.

That's kinda the point though, the worse it looks the better IMO.

One of the best sleepers I ever saw was an old Morris Minor with a Fiat twin cam shoved under the bonnet. The owner did everything to keep the car looking original and its age. He managed to get much bigger tyres on to it by using 14" rims from a Morris Oxford. Stuff like that makes a cool sleeper.

RobAMerc

I imagine this thing still weighs a ton and we all know that weight is funs enemy - in almost everything I can think of

mullingar

RobAMerc wrote: »

I imagine this thing still weighs a ton and we all know that weight is funs enemy - in almost everything I can think of

Yes, Almost;):D:D;)

.Longshanks.

SV wrote: »

wouldn't be much of a sleeper so!

ever hear motorbike exhausts on cars?
incredibly loud..

From the OP link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lu3fqmOYHU

bazz26

Here is another sleeper in the shape a Yugo racing a BMW M5, eventually the M5 takes it though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0BLsw_WjQ

SV

Longshanks100 wrote: »

From the OP link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lu3fqmOYHU

ughh..unbearable that'd be for me to be honest!

SouperComputer

Bah, there's room for a T5 in there

SouperComputer

RobAMerc wrote: »

I imagine this thing still weighs a ton and we all know that weight is funs enemy - in almost everything I can think of

I wouldn't be so sure, its not going to have airbags or any of the other weight-adding crud you find on modern cars. If you lookup its weight you might be surprised.

Vertakill

Berty wrote: »

You get a sleeper but you also get a car that looks like crap.

Lol was just about to say the same thing. Looks absolutely horrendous.

samsemtex

bazz26 wrote: »

Here is another sleeper in the shape a Yugo racing a BMW M5, eventually the M5 takes it though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0BLsw_WjQ

How in gods name is that a sleeper?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

it would want more than 180 bhp for me to be seen dead in it

Chris Peak

Paul Newman's Beetle http://www.streetfire.net/video/paul-newmans-beetle_716461.htm

He said in an interview that he loved the expression in other drivers faces (in his rear-view mirror) when he floored it away from the lights and left them for dust. Especially because they just thought they were beside a middle-aged man in an old VW bug.

Zubeneschamali

Kerb Weights:

1974 Volvo 343 943 kg

2010 Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi 1498 Kg

colm_mcm

It's lighter than a Clio 172 as well

2 Espressi

I only realised that these took Renault engines during the week. One of the lads on Octane was considering one. I think they're a great idea for someone looking for a reasonably light, reasonably quick, RWD retro sleeper.
http://octane.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=37706

Hal1

I see your 340 and raise you this 850.


535 Bhp/470.2 ftlbs

:pac:
Specs here. Youtube channel

Saab Ed

Hal1 wrote: »

Ah thats not the same thing at all, its bright yellow for a start. Hardly the sleepiest colour ever! It might have loads more power than a standard one but you'll still be expecting it to be quick. Now if you had that engine in this....



...then it would be a sleeper