Needs more stickers and blaze orange paint to be a 9 second car...

If it weren't for how loud the motor is, that would be one hell of a sleeper.

Wow, that was an amazing, riveting event. I can't believe how much fun it must be to watch such a thrilling spectacle. It was made even better by the fuzzy, shaking video. The most amazing thing I've seen all day!

Marshall Willenholly: Wow, that was an amazing, riveting event. I can't believe how much fun it must be to watch such a thrilling spectacle. It was made even better by the fuzzy, shaking video. The most amazing thing I've seen all day!

I'm going to take this comment and shake some of the sarcasm off of it and agree. I thought it was hilarious to see that other car get smoked by a Geo.

And I haven't been awake for very long and that just might be the most amazing thing I've seen all day. Besides my penis. Which is glorious.

That must be the Type R.

an engine was removed from a GNX for this crap?

I really hope that GNX was totaled before the engine was removed, because otherwise its a farking disgrace.

Unless I am misinterpreting the video, this is a rear drive, turbocharged V-6 car with a Geo Metro body stuck on it. So, not really a Geo Metro at all. Call me when there is a 9 second, front wheel drive, 3 cylinder Geo Metro and I'll be impressed.

Oh sweet Melissa.

Stripped out and tuned a little the metro was always pretty sprightly about town. Hence the name right?

I really miss my convertible Metro. Loved that car.

why?

Probably just put a K&N air filter and a Superchip in it.
Possibly a coffee can muffler, too.

Wow! He even gave the other guy a head start and still beat him!!

Not bad imagery for 1981 when the object is 28 miles high and 100 miles downrange.

It's not a Metro.... just because you can skin another car with a Metro body doesn't mean you made a really fast Metro. It's a blown GNX with nitrous. You didn't make a Metro better, you made a GNX worse. And for that I hope you die in fire screaming at the end of the lane.

Ahh...we meet again 240 dpi

spittman: Unless I am misinterpreting the video, this is a rear drive, turbocharged V-6 car with a Geo Metro body stuck on it.

It could still be a modified Metro. Back in the day people used to do the same thing with the Le Car, which is to say mount a mid engine and modify it for rear-wheel drive.

If you want a true sleeper there's this '89 Dodge Caravan. It's not only street legal, it still has a 4 cylinder and front wheel drive, along with full interior and air conditioning.

Zombalupagus: spittman: Unless I am misinterpreting the video, this is a rear drive, turbocharged V-6 car with a Geo Metro body stuck on it.
It could still be a modified Metro. Back in the day people used to do the same thing with the Le Car, which is to say mount a mid engine and modify it for rear-wheel drive.
If you want a true sleeper there's this '89 Dodge Caravan. It's not only street legal, it still has a 4 cylinder and front wheel drive, along with full interior and air conditioning.

When I was young the best sleeper car was a Chevy Vega. They used to be able to slip a small block in them and maybe add a little NO₂

But this whole sleeper thing never appealed to me. Why spend all that time and effort? Unless you are racing for pink slips I don't see how it pays. You still gotta be seen driving that thing around town.

Congratulations.

Makes as much sense as giving my grandpa a boob job with a set of wicked fake tits, but whatever floats your boat.

The_Philosopher_King: But this whole sleeper thing never appealed to me. Why spend all that time and effort? Unless you are racing for pink slips I don't see how it pays. You still gotta be seen driving that thing around town.

For the fun of blowing away the unsuspecting. And for the fun of building it. Anyone can take a monster V8 and make more power. Try adapting an engine and drivetrain to a car that was never designed for it. Try taking a little engine and tripling it's power. The building is half of the fun.

It's extra fun when you take a car that dumb kids tend to distastefully modify and think that it's a racer and put some proper power to it. People will think that it's a joke until you hit the gas.

GNX?


BLASPHEMY I tells ya!

that aint no 9 minute car anymore

Nice to see people still using VHS

I remember a CARtoons Magazine comic where a guy, disgusted that his Geo Storm turned out to be more of a sprinkle, beefed it up with a blown American big block. And went out of control in a comedic way on his first race after that bevause it had too much power

Mr. Cat Poop: I really miss my convertible Metro. Loved that car.

They're not a bad little car for a tin can and a gerbil under the hood. I recently sold my early 90's metro with 155K miles for a little under a thousand bucks. You gotta love finding a sucker. I'm going to miss the fuel economy but that's it.

/csb

Actually, the best sleeper car I ever saw was an early 1970s van. My hometown has a big car show around the 4th of July. One night, I was driving through town and a clearly heavily modified 70s trans am pulled up next to this beat up looking 70s van. The TA had huge drag racing tires in the back and a massive blower sticking out of the hood. The van gave him a little rev of the engine. When that light turned green, they both took off. That van absolutely smoked the TA. There was also a guy in town with a souped up bright orange Vega. That thing was ridiculously fast.

Smeggy Smurf: Mr. Cat Poop: I really miss my convertible Metro. Loved that car.

They're not a bad little car for a tin can and a gerbil under the hood. I recently sold my early 90's metro with 155K miles for a little under a thousand bucks. You gotta love finding a sucker. I'm going to miss the fuel economy but that's it.

/csb

The drop top was great because it was a 2-seater. I'm 6'4", and the seats went back farther than the 4-seaters. There was just enough room to cram a third person in behind the seats if they sat sideways.

Mr. Cat Poop: Smeggy Smurf: Mr. Cat Poop: I really miss my convertible Metro. Loved that car.

They're not a bad little car for a tin can and a gerbil under the hood. I recently sold my early 90's metro with 155K miles for a little under a thousand bucks. You gotta love finding a sucker. I'm going to miss the fuel economy but that's it.

/csb

The drop top was great because it was a 2-seater. I'm 6'4", and the seats went back farther than the 4-seaters. There was just enough room to cram a third person in behind the seats if they sat sideways.

Not related... maybe.. kinda....

When ever I see small cars like the metro or fiesta all i can think about is the scene in police academy where hightower, bubba smith, rips the front seats out of the car and pulls off sitting in the back seat. That and when nelson gets ridiculed by the tall man driving the small car on the simpsons

I had a metro convertible as well. I loved driving it because it redlined so high it was almost like shifting a motorcycle. The only downside was that because it only had a 7 gallon gas tank I could never make the minimum gas purchase needed to get the discounted car wash.

The best part was when my elderly neighbor came over to look at it and was happy that I bought a chevy geo rather than one of them foreign jobs.