Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire If you were to build the ultimate 'sleeper' car.

Love it. Pontiac made the best looking A bodies. I had a 70 GTO that I sold 12 years ago to raise funds for my business, and every time I see a Goat these days it brings a tear to my eye. 70 and 71 455 were great street engines with tons of torque, especially the 71 HO's.

I knew a guy back a few years ago in Reading Pa that had a raggedy azz chevy cavalier with a twin turboed 1600 hp sbc.

Tubbed with a full cage but appeared to be bone stock unless you looked hard.

Mid 8 second car with tags and inspection sticker.

A tubbed and caged, street legal, Cavalier?

And it couldn’t be spotted?

LOL

He runs race chassis shop he knows what he;s doing Didn't say it could not be spotted just very slick work

An Olds Toronado drivetrain in the back of a 60s stepside pickup. Put a canopy on to cover up the 455.

And 1600hp.

LOL

High school buddy's mom had a Gremlin with a built to the hilt 327. Hang the fuukkkk on and smile ear to ear.

Had 4.88s in the 8 3/4 in that 73 dart.

I worked at a custom shop for a while and put a 347 stroker with super charger in ranger. Was cool but even with ladder bars four point suspension... thing was squirrelly as hell.

I knew a kid in high school whose father was a motorhead. He actually got a small V8 in the back of an early VW Beetle. I never saw it closeup but he built a wood wall behind the front seats to section it off. I don't know what kind of adapter kit he used to match it to the transmission.

my buddy is finishing up a 68 vw beetle with a 350 motor pushing 560hp.

A 75-79 four door Nova on an amped up Tesla S chassis....

A local guy had a thing about dropping big block Chevrolet’s into 63 ford falcons. He had three at one time. Tubbed out the rear ends and ran automatic trannys.

Wife had a '99 Astro Van with that stout 4.3 V6 that would flat scoot. It was really surprising. GM made those motors really run when they put them in the Chevy Syclones and GMC Typhoons.

Find a junkyard or Marketplace Explorer with a 5.0 of the same generation as your Ranger. Then you’ll have all the parts to swap over.

It won’t be stupid fast but it’ll be a lot faster than it is now, probably won’t cost 17X what an old Ranger is worth, and would be a little more feasible than some of the suggestions above.

Our own Badger helps keep it on the road with his awesome shop. He calls it “The Beast”

I'd like to see some pics of that Porsche.

I had a dead in the water 66 Falcon that had a small six cyl and an automatic. With all that torque a for speed shoehorned in it would have made a great town racer street light to street light. Tons of torque but unreachable with that auto trans. Dad knew what he was doing giving me that car. Thanks Dad and I still miss you. That move probably saved my license and maybe my life. Be Well, RZ.

I've never done it - but your post reminds me of a vehicle I happened upon several years ago.. A mid-90s Ford Ranger.. I don't know what he had in that thing - and it appeared to be just a normal small pickup.. But when the light changed he took off like a ROCKET.. I swear he was at 100 mph before he went two blocks... I wish I could have seen what he did with that truck, but it was pretty cool to watch..

My best man's father was a rising exec at FoMoCo in the 60's. He took home a Falcon with a 428CJ stuffed under the hood. Still smile recalling his stories of a 3-piece suit guy besting racer boys on Woodward.