philly
solid fixture here in the forum
i thought this was the appropriate place to start up this conversation. for the most part everyone who sees an american v8 car is going to assume it has some gonads... but looking like a tough 11 or 12 second car and clipping off single digit passes would be great for catching the unsuspecting adversary.
the extreme example being DENMAH (matt's) latest fairmont turbo project. famous for living his catch phrase "turbo lsx all the things" this car is a great sleeper project.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induct ... 45mph.html
CLIFFS NOTES: four door fairmont, 5.3LS, modified borg warner turbocharger, isky cam, using the stock computer, hptuners software and 80lb injectors. air to air intercooler and prestone yellow methanol injection. 721hp and good for nines AT 145MPH on a 235/60/15
http://youtu.be/OgGgShB1iHQ
http://youtu.be/aJeFTm3JczM
my question / topic then would be this: IF you wanted to build a car that LOOKED incapable of running an 9 second pass, BUT does infact run single digits, how would you go about it?
i love this guy matt's fairmont and gbody malibu wagon builds, however i just wouldnt be caught dead driving one of those things. what platforms do you think are underrated or under used in the industry today?
i posted this in the muscle car section because being able to build a sleeper muscle car is a great thing, no one left on this earth thinks that c4 corvettes are fast, so everyone is eager to race them. my 96 gets races every single night because no one sweats the "trailer park" corvette (someone literally said that when we pulled up in the CALLAWAY!! ignorant prick)
so i think a TPI c4 is great especially if you start with a stick car that has the dana 44 rear... most guys arent going to even notice if you use a FIRST intake manifold because it looks like the stock stuff that everone thinks is garbage anyway. just a thought, what are yours?
the extreme example being DENMAH (matt's) latest fairmont turbo project. famous for living his catch phrase "turbo lsx all the things" this car is a great sleeper project.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induct ... 45mph.html
CLIFFS NOTES: four door fairmont, 5.3LS, modified borg warner turbocharger, isky cam, using the stock computer, hptuners software and 80lb injectors. air to air intercooler and prestone yellow methanol injection. 721hp and good for nines AT 145MPH on a 235/60/15
http://youtu.be/OgGgShB1iHQ
http://youtu.be/aJeFTm3JczM
my question / topic then would be this: IF you wanted to build a car that LOOKED incapable of running an 9 second pass, BUT does infact run single digits, how would you go about it?
i love this guy matt's fairmont and gbody malibu wagon builds, however i just wouldnt be caught dead driving one of those things. what platforms do you think are underrated or under used in the industry today?
i posted this in the muscle car section because being able to build a sleeper muscle car is a great thing, no one left on this earth thinks that c4 corvettes are fast, so everyone is eager to race them. my 96 gets races every single night because no one sweats the "trailer park" corvette (someone literally said that when we pulled up in the CALLAWAY!! ignorant prick)
so i think a TPI c4 is great especially if you start with a stick car that has the dana 44 rear... most guys arent going to even notice if you use a FIRST intake manifold because it looks like the stock stuff that everone thinks is garbage anyway. just a thought, what are yours?