Guest Anonymous Posted March 21, 2001 Share Posted March 21, 2001 Hey.. my friend wants to take a car that looks like **** and make it haul ass... i was wondering what cars are good for this? i/e the gremlin? old vw? what? what has a fairly strong body and looks like **** , while normally having no power? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayZee Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 I used to have a 81 buick century station wagon (body rusted to hell) but the engine went so I threw in a 350-4barrel from a early 70's camaro. It shocked a few people, imagine if it was built up a bit (or maybe alot!) : ) Fairly easy to pull off.. unless you wanted something more exotic? How bout a "wayne's world" amc pacer? complete with portable cd player mounted on the dash. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pauli Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 mercury capri. put in one of them 427 windsors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 !!!!!!!!!!!!!Volvo wagon !!!!!!!!!!! It must have all the liberal bumper stickers and two baby seats in the back and a blown LT1 under the hood.... I don't suffer from insanity I enjoy it.... ------------------ Remember it is only a piece of metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIE T Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 I built a sleeper from a 4cyl 89 mustang. I made it look like a stock 5.0 LX with an auto trans(everyone knows that AOD equiped stangs are slow)With the mustang it was easy to get a race with some of the fast cars. It had Dart iron heads, a heavily ported and welded intake(stock looking from the outside), and a very hidden nitrous system. no AOD though, a C4 with a 3500 stall converter, used the stock shifter, no one ever looked under the car. I gutted all of the interior and stripped the sound deadener, heater/ac box and anything else that was not going to be needed for speed. I left the faded paint ,cracked windshield and stock LX 10 hole wheels in place to add the stealth look. The car and me looked like I just bought it from some old woman who had not taken care of it. I just acted like some some dumb kid who had bought his first "5.oh" and everyone fell for it, for a while anyway. My new project is going to be different, no one complians about getting beat by a Ferrari 250 GTO replica driver to be: Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Ray's idea of a Volvo wagon is good, especially if it has a 383 or larger motor. I own two (soon to one) Volvos and they are heavy suckers, but can hadle quite a bit of abuse. Also, Pauli's idea of a Capri is a good one--outfit one with a large Ford or Chevy V8 and have one heck of a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Shasteen Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 I dont know if you're stuck on engine choices SBC or not SBC but a late 70's early 80's Chevy Malibu. They came w/the V8 Diesel! So if you find one-even if it has a gas engine in it-they should still have the bolt holes for that diesel....You ask yourself/why would I care about a diesel? Well, back then, GM's Diesel was based off a production Olds 455; the internals were made to run on diesel. So if you wanted, you could have all kinds of torque in a relatively light car by obtaining one of Joe Mondello's 455 Olds & put it in one of those cars. Or go a cheaper route & just go 350SBC...that's been done a lot w/those cars. Usually those cars were ragged on pretty hard by their owners & most everone that owns one didnt take proper care of them; so they should look like **** already. If you're lookin for a light car that is a sleeper/go 4door. No one ever thinks of the 4door sleeper! Kevin (Yes,Still an Inliner) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 You could do like I believe it was Hot Rod did and put a 500 inch caddie motor in a Chevette, narrowed 9" ford rear. Gut the interior, gas it and put on a smoke show forever. Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Nash Metroplitain with a Rat motor. There was a white and teal two-tone one that used to run 10s at OCIR. Very squirelly car; took out the Christmas tree once. ------------------ John Coffey johnc@betamotorsports.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean 83ZXT Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 a Morris w/ a 454 and I've seen it done! ------------------ Future 12 sec L28ET Driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Bayley Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Listen to Lone, The Chevrolet Chevette was the smallest, lightest, rear wheel drive car GM ever produced. Do a search for "Big Block Chevette Sleepers" and look through all the responses you get. That "Bad Seed" project in Hot Rod magazine went 12.1's (at 3000 feet of elevation) on something like $2000 of junk yard parts (including the Chevette!) Personally, I'd like to convert an early 80's Chrysler K-car into a rear wheel drive sleeper. Heck, I wouldn't even need to do that. Some guy already has an 11 second wrong-wheel-drive K-car with just the Chrysler turbo-II motor. Just try to imagine the humility he inflicts upon poor unknowing victoms... -Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RON JONES Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 A BBC will bolt right in to 78-81 malibu,nice sleeper(I had one that ran in the 9's).I remember that chevette that Hot Rod did.They spent $1000 and cracked the 11's.It didn't have a narowed 9",It had a rear end out of a mid 70's v8 Mustang 2.Wild Car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RON JONES Posted March 22, 2001 Share Posted March 22, 2001 Was it $2000?I thought it was less than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted March 23, 2001 Share Posted March 23, 2001 Try this - find a Pinto and put in a Turbocoupe motor Or find a nice Vega GT and slap a SBC in it. How about a Datsun Z with a SBC? Oh yeah, that's been done! S10 pickup? GMC JimmyS10 bodystyle? Used ot be a nasty Jimmy aorund here - 2WD of course. My Vega was a blast but handled like garbage with big 'n littles. I even ran across a page today dedicated to Vegas. The Pinto is much the same thing - small light and will accept a V8 too. The Chevette is also WAY cool and not seen too often but I don't know how hard it is to swap in a V8 - guess I'll have to hunt URLs. I wouldn't go crazy with the motor though - you'll just spin the tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted March 23, 2001 Share Posted March 23, 2001 good topic, go with that chevette or vega or pinto three of the ugliest cars ever created that will take a v8, or go with some late 70's datsuns like the b210, 810, and stick sbc on it, youll never be uglier and faster or those k-cars,yucko, i would kill myself if one of those beat me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 23, 2001 Share Posted March 23, 2001 Yeah i was thinking about the late 70's datsuns.... my mom had a 79 210 i think it was..... ugly and light... perfect....it's still sitting down the street in someones year.. windows busted out... perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clint78z Posted March 23, 2001 Share Posted March 23, 2001 The coolest one I have ever seen was a total sleeper/commuter and handled well . It was a nissan pulsar (pullstart) with a VG30et and used a 200sx tranny and bellhousing. Fast nimble and a true sleeper quiet. A 510 with a VG30 has been done as well as an L28. Racing a 510 has limitless options for dirt cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted March 23, 2001 Share Posted March 23, 2001 I've seen a Yugo with a big block and tubbed! ------------------ http://members.tripod.com/~SnowSurfer/mikekz1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted March 23, 2001 Share Posted March 23, 2001 im saying late 70's datsuns because some guy down the street when i was a kid had an 810 with a small block in it, primered with a fat dent in the quarterpanel, i mean fat dent he couldnt even close the hood, he used hoodpins and his hood was always a little open, but that thing would roast em so hard and long you couldnt even tell where it stopped spinning em!!!!! i was 14 years old and the guy was a lot older, and that thing was gross, he used green glow in the dark paint and striped it too, for extra ugliness i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted March 24, 2001 Share Posted March 24, 2001 Oh and the Gremlin... I knew a guy that had one with a 400SBC in it Had mini tubs, looked like crap, and he sprayed that puppy ike mad at the track. I don't recall what it weighed but it must have been one wild ride! IF you can find one in good shape - go for it. Unfortunatly they're hard to find these days as are decent condition Pintos and Vegas (sob). Chevette's on th eother hand can be found in junkyards pretty easily as of a few years ago. Emissions regs migh tstill apply to some of them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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