Favorite Q-ships?

[seaside]

Thanks for the info.
I still am not able to tell buick century, Lesabor from roadmaster, and other bigger cars, I can tell that was not my old Ford Torus wagon though. I feel like I want to drive it again to see if I can sleep while I am driving it.
Thanks again.

 

[qip]

cyclones and typhoons :naughty:

anyone ever try a 92 Mx6-GT Turbo , this little thing is fast bone stock

 

[MarNav1]

61 Starliner with a 427 Medium or High riser, check the headlights for the forced air ducts....... Saw a picture of one in Hot Rod with an SOHC in it, ah the old Detroit iron.

 

[RyanA]

Q-ship from the factory? Or is tinkering allowed?

Within reason. I'd say let's try to avoid removing the engine from the car or removing the heads from the block.

 

[ABTOMAT]

Yeah, but nothing screams "I'm gonna whup your ***!" like a wagon with faux wood siding.

A guy from Car & Driver had a Caprice wagon built up by Lingenfelter. I forget the specifics, but it was absurdly quick. I was thinking it should have been a Roadmaster with the fake wood.

Thanks for the info.
I still am not able to tell buick century, Lesabor from roadmaster, and other bigger cars, I can tell that was not my old Ford Torus wagon though. I feel like I want to drive it again to see if I can sleep while I am driving it.
Thanks again.

The Century and LeSabre are midsize front-wheel-drive cars. The Roadmaster was built on the Caprice platform. Really big rear-wheel-drive model. Discontinued after 1996.

 

[ABTOMAT]

Oh, I have another sleeper suggestion. Late '80s turbo Dodge Caravan. With a little tuning they can be faster than any minivan has a right to be. There used to be a guy who drag raced one and did pretty well.

 

[StarHalo]

Oh, I have another sleeper suggestion. Late '80s turbo Dodge Caravan. With a little tuning they can be faster than any minivan has a right to be.

The current Toyota Sienna minivan hits sixty in right around 7 seconds, making it competitive against a V6 Mustang or Honda Civic Si. It's also quicker than the aforementioned Taurus SHO.

 

[ABTOMAT]

The turbo Caravan drag guy got his to do quarters in the 12.5-second range. On the 4-cylinder engine with some mods.

 

[gswitter]

Yeah, the videos of the guy dragging the Caravan (assuming I'm thinking of the same guy - I thought it was a Plymouth Voyager?) with the kids screaming "Go, Dad!" in the background are great.

 

[chmsam]

I used to know a girl who'd out drag mustangs with a 383 Polara station wagon in the 60's.

 

[binky]

That and the Roadmaster were real wagons. I think you could fit a 4x8 sheet of whatever into the back of those. No way I can do that with my Volvo V70 R. Still, I sure do think a wagon makes for the best Q-ship platform because, well, who expects anything at all from a freakin' wagon? :thumbsup:

 

[PCC]

The king of the sleepers, the BMW M3 sedan:

Comfortably seats five, spacious trunk, lots of luxury and safety features, and doesn't really draw that much attention..

..and the same performance numbers as a Ferrari F430 oo:

I would go with a 335i or 135i four-door sedan. With a chip and a few other mods it will have more HP than a modified M3. No need to pull the head on it, neither, to get over 400 HP in that car.

When we bought the 2000 Toyota Sienna minivan for my wife I had entertained thoughts about dropping a TRD supercharger kit into it but I could not find any brake upgrade kits for it so I didn't go for it.

B&B in Germany reskinned a Porsche 928 with bodywork that looks like a VW Rabbit. It's obviously larger than a real Rabbit but when this oversized bunny hugs your rear bumper then disappears into the horizon after you let him pass you've got to wonder what the owner did to the engine in that thing.

There are a few VW Microbusses and Vanagons out there with Porsche flat sixes in them. Those things pop wheelies if you're not careful. Okay, this is an engine swap, but, think about the possibilities.

 

[griffo]

I would go with a 335i or 135i four-door sedan. With a chip and a few other mods it will have more HP than a modified M3. No need to pull the head on it, neither, to get over 400 HP in that car.

What about the 335D??? that has to be a seriously under estimated machine!!! very good mpg too when you take it easy

 

[Coop]

... very good mpg too when you take it easy

By US or non-US standards? :thinking:

 

[gollum]

this is a great thread and I like to say most of these cars are what we call sleepers.
I always enjoyed my MazdaRX-3 coupe ,in the 80's they were still unknown as a fast car,and in a world of V8's the noisy little rotor was a delight to wipe the smile off just about anyones face...I think half the trouble with V8's in Oz at that time was points ignition was the norm.
my little rotor was quick in its day at 14sec flat 1/4mile and it got quicker as it got older.

recently I was going to shoe horn a 13B(rotary engine)into this

a 1967 Honda S800
would have been great but I didn't have the time or knowledge to do everything,so I sold it off :sigh:

 

[griffo]

By US or non-US standards? :thinking:

5.7 secs to 60 and 428lb ft of torque....42mpg combined

Thats good by any countrys standards isnt it?

 

[Fallingwater]

What about the 335D??? that has to be a seriously under estimated machine!!! very good mpg too when you take it easy

Does it have the same 268hp engine as the 535d (the one with the dual-stage turbo)? If so then yeah, it's plenty fast... though I really hate how BMWs look after Chris Bangle got his hands on the designs.
If I had a LOT of disposable money I'd get an old 3-series e36, or possibly a Z3, and stick that same dual-turbo engine in it.

 

[StarHalo]

I really hate how BMWs look after Chris Bangle got his hands on the designs.

The "Bangle Era" is over, BMW is updating all their designs, including the Z4..

 

[griffo]

Does it have the same 268hp engine as the 535d (the one with the dual-stage turbo)? If so then yeah, it's plenty fast... though I really hate how BMWs look after Chris Bangle got his hands on the designs.
If I had a LOT of disposable money I'd get an old 3-series e36, or possibly a Z3, and stick that same dual-turbo engine in it.

It certainly does!!! I've found that the designs have grown on me. I actually think the previous 5 series looks really dated now.

For meif I was going to get an old BMW though....it would have to be an 850i shame about the running costs as they are awesome cars

 

[Fallingwater]

The "Bangle Era" is over, BMW is updating all their designs, including the Z4..
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/starhalo/2010Z4.jpg

Still looks ugly. Not very different from Bangle's designs.
I hope they eventually go back to the simple, elegant looks they had before, but I don't have my hopes high.

I've found that the designs have grown on me. I actually think the previous 5 series looks really dated now.

It's the opposite for me. The more time passes, the uglier I find the "new" BMWs and the more I appreciate the old ones. I'd say it's because I'm getting old, if it wasn't that I'm just 26.

For meif I was going to get an old BMW though....it would have to be an 850i shame about the running costs as they are awesome cars

Oh yeah, that's the first car I'd buy if I won the lottery... specifically the 850csi