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Some cars are just massively produced for one and only one purpose only: go from point A to point B. With an engine as powerful as a blender, those cars are not considered to be racecars for the vast majority of the population. More often than not, when the said cars are being modified, car fans shake their heads looking at all the stickers and oversized spoiler applied on the street-legal lawnmowers.
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Some tuners, however, enjoy creating monstrosities (in a good way). They take normally slow cars and turn them into quarter-mile ready cars. Seeing a Golf facing off an Audi R8 might seem highly illogical for the uneducated car fan. However, it is well known that some slow cars are just what car aficionados call “sleeper cars”. If you’re not careful enough and think that your 350hp combined with your mediocre gear shifting skills will assure you a win, then take a look at the following cars.
10 Volvo 242 Turbo
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Volvo is known for being suburban moms’ favorite cars. Thanks to high safety ratings and decent MRSPs, Volvo cars are by definition the go-to vehicles for 40/50 something-year-old women. It is also quite common to see the same Volvo cars being driven by bubbly girls at popular colleges in Southern California. A decent entertainment system and enough room for a tent and other festival items make Volvo cars good starter cars.
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Though Volvo cars are not known for being the fastest cars on the market, the 242 does have a sport version (the GT) that develops a shy 138hp. It is less powerful than a newer Honda Civic. A car fan owns one juiced up 242 and claims that it produces a calming 740hp. That is faster than some of the stock 2020 M5 or C63.
9 Ford Crown Victoria
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The Ford “Crown Vic'” is every driver’s nightmare. Seeing one in your rearview mirrors will have you look at the speedometer once or twice. Being Highway Patrol’s staple, the Crown Victoria is not always synonymous with performance. Most of the time, the Crown Victoria means trouble.
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What is widely unknown is that the later editions of the Crown Victoria come with a 4.6L V8, which is a similar engine as the 2000 Mustang GT. As sad as it will sound, the V8 only produces 224hp. There is however a beastly modded Crown Vic equipped with a Kenne Bell Supercharger among other goodies. The Evil Vic can be found on YouTube beating Cobras.
8 Lincoln Navigator
Via Hennessey Performance
The Lincoln Navigator is known to be a luxurious SUV intended to take the family to a ski trip to Aspen or a nice weekend getaway to the summer house near Lake Tahoe. Though far from being slow, the 3.5L
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By: Maxence Veron
Title: People Turned These Slow Cars Into Rocket Ships | HotCars
Sourced From: www.hotcars.com/slow-cars-turned-into-rocket-ships/
Published Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:30:32 GMT
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