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Everyone and their mother that's an enthusiast
wants to know, and what are
some of the, like, best sleeper cars to own and buy?
I mean, there's like a million videos out there,
there's plenty of 'em.
There's articles, there's blogs, there's vlogs
and everybody goes back to the same, like,
five or 10 cars on these lists,
which is a little bit lame.
And I wanna put a little bit of twist on it
because I don't wanna talk about
the same cars as everybody else.
Alright, I just don't.
The car community needs to eat their greens,
and we're gonna do just that.
We're gonna diversify the portfolio.
We're gonna "Wolf of Wall Street" this (bleep).
I'm Alex, Alex.FI on Instagram,
and today, ladies and gentleman, we're gonna be
talking about some of the best budget sleeper cars
to own and modify.
All right, lets go.
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When looking at sleeper cars to modify,
we wanted to keep it humble
and relatively no cost, okay?
I'm not going to tell you to go get
a brand-new S8 and get rid of the badge.
Or tell you that somehow an e63 AMG is a sleeper,
because it's not, all right?
Look at the back of the e63 AMG,
and you look at the badge,
you look at the exhaust tips
and you just, you know, all right?
You know, and that's just not how the cookie crumbles, okay?
Cheap, unconvincing, and fast as (bleep) boy, like,
is what you wanna go for,
with a lot of love in the modification department.
Because that's what really matters.
Right outta the bat, if you don't immediately
think of the Volvo 240, you're probably outta your mind.
Now, Volvo 240s have been talked about before.
But Volvo's have always been an unsuspecting sleeper car,
with most eyes peering towards that V70 R wagon,
which does nasty burnouts without too much love,
and even less money.
However, the Volvo 240 Turbo is where this, like,
name super-sleeper car can really shine.
Now Volvo 240s, 740s and B70Rs are all cars
that hide their true intention.
But turbocharged 240 Volvos
with a platform that pretty much allows you
to kick it a nickel with the power for under $5,000,
that's pretty nuts, all right?
The community of Volvo is also a banger,
there is no signs of them going away anytime soon.
Jump onto the forums or Facebook pages, and you'll find
everything that you need to know
to have a fun sleeper Volvo car.
And because they are a Volvo, they look like
your typical boxy toaster
that is just about keeping you safe
and keeping your little ones in the back
as secure as they can,
while you go over to swim practice.
But little did they know, that with
a tuned intake and an exhaust,
and a little bit of changing on your EFI,
or you go with a little bit of bigger heads,
now you're running 450 horsepower, okay?
Them little (bleep) are gonna have to hang on
for the oh (tires screeching) handle, okay?
As you burn tires through third gear
as you humiliate a C5 Corvette on a Saturday morning.
It's gonna be a grand old time.
Volvos, they're fun, all right?
Moving on to another car that humiliates
middle-aged men with testosterone issues
would be a car that you'd either wanna pick up modified,
or just be well-versed in modifying yourself.
And that would be an older gen Honda CRX Si for turbo-ing.
All right, if you haven't been spanked by a CRX turbo
yet in your life, you need to, okay?
It's something just everybody has to get through
in their life, it's like a coming of age thing.
These cars are so incredibly unsuspecting,
because they just look, I mean just look at 'em!
Like, they're just like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Like, they're just not the most beautiful things
in the world outta the gate.
And because they don't have the beauty of most cars,
it's what makes them the perfect sleeper car.
Honda CRX turbos can be purchased for well under 10 grand,
modified for 400 horsepower or more,
out of a car that weighs pretty much nothing.
Honda CRX Si hatches can be found
for a little under five to six K.
If you're looking for the naturally aspirated ones.
And when you go get a turbo kit, which is like,
medium price is right around $2,000.
So for around 8,500 bucks, after a few tears
and broken knuckles, you have a modifiable sleeper car
that pretty much buries everything else out there.
I know every single person that's ever owned a Honda CRX
that has turbocharged them, and then, like,
gutted out the inside has never had a bad time.
And nobody knows what they're expecting.
Hey, stop whistling over there.
I'm gonna go fight that wind,
Imma go fight it with my fists.
Pop-pop, pop-pop.
Kick its (bleep), Sea Bass.
You know what I'm saying?
Another oddball sleeper car that not many know about,
but are fun to drive, until they break,
which actually does happen often, okay?
We're talking about sleeper cars,
we're not talking about reliable sleeper cars, okay?
But it would be something that would be fun,
you can just ask my boy, Stu.
It would be the Merkur XR4ti which is practically
nothing other than a rebranded Ford Sierra.
The little odd coupe car would come in a turbocharged
2.3 liter in-line four, which came out of the SVO
or Thunderbird Turbo.
The only thing it didn't come with,
when it did the old transfer, was an intercooler.
But to modify the Merkur, doesn't really have
to play around too much.
The 2.3 liter with an intake and an exhaust
can get you in the high 200's for horsepower.
Start throwing some more air through it
with a front mount intercooler,
and you'll be at a happy 250 to 275 range.
Change out your turbo, your trans,
and give it a little bit more love
in the Best Buy electrical department,
and you can have yourself a happy, tiny,
light as hell 400-horsepower odd-looking car
that doesn't look like it's capable
much past going to your Sunday sermon.
The Merkurs are also kind of just a weird car
that nobody really understands.
And because not a lot of people understand them,
people never really pick them up.
Or really take them that seriously,
and that's what makes them such a fun sleeper car.
Plus, it's still a coupe, so you can have
a little bit of fun with it.
Another odd one on the list would probably
be the good old Saabaru 9-3x Aero.
Okay, the car that came and went
before anyone actually really noticed.
It's a Saab that looks like you're the one who asks
for light ice in your Coca-Cola
when you go to the movie theaters.
And can be an incredible sleeper
in the right hands.
The 9-3x Aero, alright, or the Saab,
is known as the Saabaru, because it carries
a near-identical platform to the mid-2000s Subaru WRX.
It's got the same turbo, all-wheel drive, you know?
It's got the manual option, 227 horse.
It's got the whole kit, bang, caboodle.
It's the same thing, but it's a Saab.
Even in 2006, the Saab would get the same 2.5 liter turbo
as the WRX did, but in a car that's much less aggressive
and unsuspecting over the angry
world rally blue brother over there.
Keep it in a manual and in a pre-'04 motor
and you can kick up to 4-to-500 horsepower
without a motor build.
And the tunes are pretty much cross-compatible.
Pieces that work for the WRX work for the Saab.
And on top of that, you can get it
in a wagon which slaps.
And that would be good for, you know,
making your grandmother proud.
MAP tune is the go to for tunes in this department
and once you snag a few parts on this,
ultimately and relatively cheap wagon,
you're in for quite a treat,
and a bunch of smiles on your weekend getaway, all right?
Something about these cars, they have just the same
loyal following as Volvo.
Like, they got the same thing going on,
which is great, because then you just never
have to feel like you're alone.
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- Some banger options that aren't much as sleepers,
but nonetheless, great power plants,
I mean, not really a sleeper,
but I have to give credit and tribute
over to the 2006 GTO six-liter Corvette engine.
That has a fairly, it's fairly well hidden,
if you just de-badge it, paint it black,
keep the stock wheels.
Buick Regal GS, and of course, the Chevy SS,
those are super common sleeper cars.
They have massive power plants that hide
behind a soft GM body, that nearly everyone
and their mother forgot existed.
And to this day, Buick still has
the best and most comfortable seats in the world.
You can fight me on it, but they just,
they got it on lock.
And last on the list, and because I love
all things wagoon-like,
would be the Dodge Magnum SRT8
that came out a couple, two, three years ago.
The 6.1 litre had 425 horsepower, that,
besides the badge, is nearly undetectable.
No angry hood or massive flares,
just a big Dodge Mopar
that wanted to go fast like its friends.
Waking up this car is super easy, too,
because of the SRT platform, the fact that it's
nearly a six-liter engine.
The insides are a little less to be desired
but it won't matter if you get to do
big old smoky burnouts all the time,
when an STI wants to race you.
Intake exhaust tuned, same-like thing.
throw some caMs in there, and you're
really ready to have a biscuit of a good time.
Like those cars are a blast!
Any big car that has lots of horsepower is tons of fun.
So what are some cars that you think are the best
budget sleeper cars to modify?
Let us know, and if you think we forgot one
you can, of course, just drop the comment, let us know.
All the lists these days are the same.
We wanted you to just know that the Magnum is cool!
Okay, it's all right.
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or suspension, be sure to hit us up over at
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I'm Alex from Fitment Industries and we will see you later.
Peace.