The best kind of sleeper is the one that really hurts people’s feelings. You might get a little annoyed when the kid with the turbocharged LS-powered Camaro on nitrous takes your lunch money, but you knew there was a risk. Pulling alongside an old Ford truck with loud pipes should have been a cakewalk in your Corvette, right? The old truck sounds good, sure, but it’s probably a 400ci motor, it’s breathing through headers and pipes, and it might rock 200 horsepower on a good day. It’s heavy and at the most, it has four forward speeds to work with. Shouldn’t be a big deal…but it is. You see, unless you take the time to learn that you’re hearing a 429, and not a 400M, and that this good old boy is the one that can read a guy like you from a mile away, you’ll never stand a chance. So don’t cry when you are looking at “FORD” on the tailgate as he’s leaving you behind. That’s the result of being cocky.
https://youtu.be/GIE9C1RHsno
I can watch old trucks beat on overpriced fiberglass all day.
In before Geordie messing himself over this one!