4DR Sleeper G-Body

[Phoenyx]

The tires are OK. How many slow cars put mean looking big tires on? Quite a few around here. And for that fuel cell, after it's black, add a trailer hitch and it should be all good.

I would like to see some videos of that thing in action. 8)

 

[DeltaT]

I've never taken any videos but will do one when I fire up the new mill, and then the first dyno session with it.

I was pretty careful with the wheel and tire sizing - I didn't want something grotesque.

Here's another angle and a couple other shots:

The Hughes-built 4L80E attached to the 383, ready to drop in:

The Moser Pro 12-bolt and Wolfe spherical upper control arm setup:

For sound control I wrapped the exhaust system and Flowmasters (gets rid of that Flowmaster ring). First with ceramic batting:

Then black header wrap:

Bracing up the front lower control arm mounts for the rearend. Prepping:

And ready for paint (I am clearly not a welder, but they are strong enough...):

Here's my build site if interested:
http://home.mindspring.com/~jim_fisk/id1.html

Jim

 

[Phoenyx]

Your car just makes me smile 😀

I love seeing someone put more money into a 4-door than I have so far lol.

 

[454muscle]

Definitely one of my favourite builds. I wonder what the interior is like. Even though it's a sleeper it makes me drool. Let's not dwell on technicalities people. The sleeper concept applies but we all get the point. The car is sick, the build is outstanding. Well done bro.

 

[stomis]

Boner

 

[tc1959]

What a beautiful beast.....

 

[Opie Knievel]

Hell yeah. That is a sweet 4dr. I have an '83 Cutlass 4dr that I have been thinking of making into a sleeper also. It must be super fun to roll up to next to an unsuspecting Mustang on the highway and blow his doors off right after he laughs at your 4dr grocery getter. What size is that small block? Any idea what kind of gas milage you're getting?

 

[tc1959]

This a pic of my old sleeper. "THE BEAST", a 77 Caprice, 454CI, turbo 400 and painted stealth bomber flat black. That's Bubba my Co-Pilot ridin shotgun on the roof.

 

[Phoenyx]

It must be super fun to roll up to next to an unsuspecting Mustang on the highway and blow his doors off right after he laughs at your 4dr grocery getter.

Oh it's very fun (well I don't do the highway thing, but light to light in town). When I had the 305 I wasn't blowing all their doors off, but I was staying ahead.

I remember one guy, looked like he was still a teenager, or early 20s. He had a beat flat black 80s Cobra Mustang. He pulled up beside me and revved his engine. I gave mine a slight rev (was still in gear). He looked over at my car and literally laughed. His car sounded pretty good, so I wasn't to sure what was gonna happen. The light went green, and I pretty much smoked his car. He was going easy on me, but by the time he realized I had a little something it was to late for him.

Then we get lined up again at the next light. This time he's serious. He's bouncing around trying to get in the perfect position in his seat, gripping his steering wheel hard with one hand, grabbing the shifter with 'authority' with his other hand, and has a real serious look on his face this time. I could almost hear his thoughts, ' no 4 door POS is gonna beat my Mustang'. lol So the light goes green, he dumps his clutch and we're off. I took him off the line, and stayed about a foot ahead of him for the first 50' or so. But then I started pulling away (his shifting skills weren't exactly great either lol), the whole time he's hitting his steering wheel and yelling something at his car(maybe he thought it would make him go faster?).

The next set of lights we get lined up again, but this time he just turns right (he was in the right hand lane) and took off with his tail between his legs. And yes, it feels really good lol.

Another good thing about s 4-door sleepers, cops don't really pay to much attention to them. :wink:

 

[bawazir]

the RUNT is back baby