What's your favorite sleeper? Options

[Mr b00st]

everyone loves the concept of a sleeper. As in, it looks like shit and goes like shit. A Q-ship. Sneaky. Under the radar.

while i'm sure everyone appreciates a Ferrari F355 for the beautiful, look-at-me device it is, there's an entirely different appeal to a car with all the performance and none of the stigma. What's your favorite sleeper?


I nominate the 1990-1991 GMC Syclone.

Take one GMC Sonoma, a POS small pickup. Add a fuel injected Mitsubishi TD06-17g turbo, pressurized at 14.7psi (1bar), through an intercooler. Add in an electronic Borg-Warner AWD system and a 4 speed high stall automatic.

Externally, there was a mild bodykit, some flashy graphics, and some cheesy 16 inch alloys. It still looked like a cheap pickup that had driven through an AutoZone.

with 280bhp and 355 lb-ft of torque, the Syclone was exceedingly rapid. The most impressive aspect of its performance was the launch. A significant amount of brake torque could be applied to build boost, and you simply popped your foot off the brake and headed to the horizon. This little truck was clocked between 4.7 and 5.3 seconds to sixty, and mid to low 13's in the quarter mile from the factory.

for reference, check out this video on streetfire of a lightly modified Syclone totally freaking obliterating an SRT-4:

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/Syclon...82c0006c967.htm


and here are some syclone pictures:






etc.


I love these trucks.

Incidentally, there was a Typhoon version which was the same mechanicals in a 2-door Jimmy body, but... who cares?

[infinity]

Neon SRT-4?

Sure its got a wing, some nicer rims, and dual exhaust, but to the average viewer, it doesn't look much different from a regular Neon.