Best early 90's turbo sleeper!

Which one of these turbocharged cars from the early 90's do you think makes the best sleeper? And yes, I realize that the Supra, 300ZX, and AWD DSM would smoke any of these, but those are hardly sleepers :)

There's also the MR2

I don't really think that's much of a sleeper. The cars here, almost no one has ever heard of, or almost no one knew they were turbo.

In the spirit of stupid replies, a 5.0! Seriously though, the Le Barons were kick-ass and I'd love to see one smoke a riced out civic. I'd especially love to see the "Wait.. I'm losing wtf! I NEED MORE 'SPONSOR' STICKERS FOR MORE HP!!" look on the civic driver's face as he's getting smoked :)

Damnit Paul, get out of my thread :P

You know what has my vote. :icon16:

I should hope so :)

I voted for the Impulse, because NO ONE has ever heard of it. :)

There's also the MR2

and the RX-7.

Read the title, people...."SLEEPERS". Cars no one has ever heard of. I think anyone who sees an RX-7 or MR2 is gonna know that it's a fast car.

SLEEPER (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeper_%28car%29), people. damn. :banghead:

Not the Impulse, they handle like dog shit, I remember being scared shitless by a mates Piazza Turbo once (Same car as Impulse) only seemed to want to go in a straight line, same thing with the MX6.

Where I was from, the VR4 was by no means an unknown quantity, so not that either.



So the Dodge, or a Lancia Delta HF Turbo.

Heh, the Galant VR-4 never really did too well in America...for whatever reason, we abhor the idea of mixing sedans with performance. Goddamn image-consciousness. :/

Not the Impulse, they handle like dog shit,

The pizza was a product of the 80s, the 90s Impulse was a small 4dr with AWD with a 1600 twin cam Turbo (same engine that Lotus used in the Elan).

Very underated little cars.


However the VR4 Gallant has to be the best sleeper in the list, especialy the later Twin Turbo V6 versions, and espcialy since in Japan you could order any body style with any engine spec and trim level.
Here in NZ there are LOTS of 1.8l VR-G gallants that look VR4s, and Iv even seen VR4s with VR-G bumbers and side skirts.

We never got a V6 TT Galant VR-4 here, we only got the 4G63-powered Galant in '91 and '92. :(

Read the title, people...."SLEEPERS". Cars no one has ever heard of. I think anyone who sees an RX-7 or MR2 is gonna know that it's a fast car.

we're not blind...we were just stating...

Just stating what? I didn't forget the MR2 or the RX-7, I didn't put them in because they're not sleepers.

you said in your very first post other cars that would smoke them and are obviously not sleepers...you said the supra, 300zx, awd dsm...then he said dont forget the MR2 and then i...after seeing his addon, i said and the RX-7...we were just adding more cars to your list of cars that obviously aren't sleepers...

lotus/vauxhall carlton.
still beats most things today.

A Lotus is a sleeper? Show me!

The pizza was a product of the 80s, the 90s Impulse was a small 4dr with AWD with a 1600 twin cam Turbo (same engine that Lotus used in the Elan).

Very underated little cars.


However the VR4 Gallant has to be the best sleeper in the list, especialy the later Twin Turbo V6 versions, and espcialy since in Japan you could order any body style with any engine spec and trim level.
Here in NZ there are LOTS of 1.8l VR-G gallants that look VR4s, and Iv even seen VR4s with VR-G bumbers and side skirts.
Fait dinkum, I remember seeing a picture of an Impulse and it looked the same as a Piazza. I was wondering what an 80's car was doing in a thread with the title 90's.

I'm still pretty sure the Piazza was badged as an Impulse in the 80's. Time for a fact-finding mission!

you said in your very first post other cars that would smoke them and are obviously not sleepers...you said the supra, 300zx, awd dsm...then he said dont forget the MR2 and then i...after seeing his addon, i said and the RX-7...we were just adding more cars to your list of cars that obviously aren't sleepers...

Oh, I figured he was saying that I should put the MR2 in the poll. My bad. :)

Fait dinkum, I remember seeing a picture of an Impulse and it looked the same as a Piazza. I was wondering what an 80's car was doing in a thread with the title 90's.

I'm still pretty sure the Piazza was badged as an Impulse in the 80's. Time for a fact-finding mission!

Well, the 80's Impulses here were 2.0 turbos, but they were RWD. Then, in 1991 and 1992, they made a 1.6 turbo, but it was AWD. I was talking about the latter. :)

lotus carlton

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/lotus/thumbnail_img_0_lotus_omega_0911.jpg

not the best picture but all i could find at the moment.
it's big, it's black, it has a little spoiler.
thats about it.

the syclone/typhoon should be in there........fast sleepers right there

Yeah, I almost put the Typhoon in, but fast cars and fast trucks elicit different judgments, so I kept it all cars.

http://www.omegaclub.hu/lot03.jpg

the Opel/Vauxhall Lotus Omega/Carlton :)

But Opel has such a bad reputation here, I'd rather go by bike.

What about the Nissan Pulsar/Sunny GTi-R?
http://weaky.free.fr/images/fiches/jp/nissan/Sunny_GTi-R_92.jpg
apart from that hood....

Oh, I'm from America, they don't have those cars here...

well, lotus did quite a bit of work on it
and if it has a bad rep, then that's a +1 on the stealth radar, right?

what about the Merkur XR4Ti?

how about the celica gt4/alltrac that was always a pretty good sleeper imo since most people cant tell the difference from an early 90 all trac from an early 90 st

some of the impusles had lotus tuned susepnsions, so I'd suspect they handle rather well. Add the dodge Shadow to the list. And the turbo mitsubishi colt. It came with a 1.6 turbo I think but you can drop a 4g63 right into it

and if it has a bad rep, then that's a +1 on the stealth radar, right?

not what I was trying to say, Opel is the #1 hate-brand, all the ugly poor white trash loser farmers (there's no right english word I know for them...) are driving those fart-can 1.3-1.6l Opel here.

hm hard to explain, they're not quite ricers, they're like ricer-wannabes :banghead:

anyways, I'd sell my Lotus Omega and get a real Lotus for it :D

some of the impusles had lotus tuned susepnsions, so I'd suspect they handle rather well. Add the dodge Shadow to the list. And the turbo mitsubishi colt. It came with a 1.6 turbo I think but you can drop a 4g63 right into it

I didn't want to list more than one turbo Mopar, and I listed the GTC because it's a luxury grandma car :)

.....well, the lotus carlton isn't quite like any other opel/vauxhall.

like i said, lotus did more than just a little work on it.
so much so that it is always refered to as the lotus carlton/omega.
opel/vauxhall have very little to do with it otehr than supplying the basic car to lotus.

anyway.

I didn't want to list more than one turbo Mopar, and I listed the GTC because it's a luxury grandma car :)

Ouch, the GTC was a great sleeper, but hey they weren't grandma cars, those were the K-body LeBarons not the J-body. :)

K-Body:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/572000-572999/572866_1_full.jpg

J-Body:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/220000-220999/220444_14_full.jpg

AS for the rest of you, what is so damn hard about sticking to what is on the poll!? If you don't like the poll, make your own damn poll. These are the cars that kman is interested in, so stop arguing about what you think should be on the poll.

Actually, I wasn't making this poll to decide what car I should get, this was just for fun. I'd more than likely pick up any of these if I found one for a decent price.

My vote, as alwats, goes to a car that's such a sleeeper it's not listed: Dodge Omni GLHS.