Thank you for all the comments and support for the videos! I'm targeting to hit 50k subscribers by the end of the year and we're just under 1000 away from that goal so if you're not subscribed already please hit that button! Obviously we're out of the drag season in the UK now but I've got some content lined up for you all over the winter months. You can also follow me on Instagram @Mk1Kieran Kieran
@alexzanderellis5473 жыл бұрын
I dont mean to be off topic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account? I somehow lost the account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me
@kaydenaaron20903 жыл бұрын
@Alexzander Ellis instablaster ;)
@alexzanderellis5473 жыл бұрын
@Kayden Aaron thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. I see it takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@ratty3833 жыл бұрын
They’re all fantastic machines but the Rover does it for me, You’d have to look bloody hard to see any change in appearance from a bog standard one...superb vid !
@duncanmacpherson20133 жыл бұрын
There a several Rover P4's running around on Her Majesty's Highways with the Rover V8 motor in them
@Pickchore3 жыл бұрын
Boba 💪🏼
@jono.pom-downunder Жыл бұрын
I love the aerodynamics of the pony ute, Tailgate down🤘 very Aussie 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 And the way the P4 lifts up her skirt and trounced the Bentley was beautiful.
@paste86863 жыл бұрын
I'm 20 seconds Into the vid, but I have to stop and say... sleepers are my favourite, hands down over everything 😊😊😊
@woopimagpie3 жыл бұрын
5:52 The Rover vs a Bentley Continental might be the most British drag race ever. That Bentley looks pretty stock and still ran a 13.9, that's ridiculous considering it weighs about the same as a small container ship.
@Mr-millen3 жыл бұрын
The rover can certainly shift and as you say what a race ( all classic British drag race ) ✌🏻
@4vepvik7813 жыл бұрын
The way the old Rover P4 wasted the Bentley Conti' was epic!!😆😆
@davekennedy63153 жыл бұрын
That Boba Golf crossed onto the other track and back again and still did a 12 odd second quarter haha! That thing is insane, 8 odd second quarters in a MK2 Golf is mental!
@althejazzman3 жыл бұрын
I wince for that driveline, but it takes the punishment every time.
@davekennedy63153 жыл бұрын
@@althejazzman it is crazy seeing just how quick it gets off the line. That Vampyr GTI was another mad creation too, there's some great clips of that out on public roads. Just imagine tearing down the autobahn in a Lambo or Ferrari and being overtaken by an old Golf!
@althejazzman3 жыл бұрын
@@davekennedy6315 I've seen lots of Boba's videos as he embarrasses everything on the autobahn.
@davekennedy63153 жыл бұрын
@@althejazzman it is one hell of a car and surely the best sleeper of all time. It must be terrifying flooring the accelerator as it weaves off down the road at an insane rate! The driver must have balls of steel haha!
@adeptusmagi3 жыл бұрын
all those wins n boba was letting them get off the line first
@martinreed59643 жыл бұрын
Ians Rover for me everytime
@richiebtime4893 жыл бұрын
Gotta be the brown Sierra Estate for me - steel wheels, mudflaps, base spec lights and grill, grimey without being too ratty.... perfection!
@markholroyde94123 жыл бұрын
The Rover by far, Austin Westminsters and the like had that engine conversion back in the 90's
@Alan_Garkle3 жыл бұрын
That guy in the golf must have the tightest sphincter muscles in the British Isles! Permanently puckering!
@stevencoyne49713 жыл бұрын
The Rover by far !!👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️it
@derekstocker66612 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love Micks Transit van. Imagine that pulling up beside you at the lights when in your best fast car and then saying something like. Yer avin a friggin laf mate. Oh no, this IS seriously fast! And it was gone! Well done done on these great cars, the old Rover looked almost stock, that WOULD give you a surprise! Another super video. Thanks for this.
@big5003 жыл бұрын
That yellow Mk1 Escort....what a sweet ride👍👍❤️
@gmain19773 жыл бұрын
Great vid , that Rover for me then Transit. I love V8s to me that I'd drag racing
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the Rover is my favourite out of the bunch but it was too hard for me to put them in a specific order so it’s all random 😅
@manfacilitymetalworks12963 жыл бұрын
That golf is mental
@jeancharlesrabaux5658 Жыл бұрын
Avec 600 ch c est le temps que je faisait avec ma el camino 77 arranger 73 v8 smal blok strokeur 383 chevy compressor wieland boite 350 th et juste 580 hoseepower haaa si j avait eux du nos ou nitro
@thecarguychannel3 жыл бұрын
BOBAS MK2 GOLF IS THE BEST EVER SLEEPER!!!!!
@iainjones5373 жыл бұрын
12 second Rover was fun to watch.
@ldnwholesale85523 жыл бұрын
40 odd years ago we had an Austin A90 travel over for the street drags. 12.2 being gentle on the standard diff off the line. 454LS7 Chev!
@billh2303 жыл бұрын
My favorite came down to between the Auntie Rover and the Chevy Nova wagon. I've always wanted to build a wagon like that, then graphics on the sides "Shhh.... Don't tell mom!"
@duncandancer95313 жыл бұрын
I would never be late for work in that transit wow that's moving
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
It’s his daily driver too!
@althejazzman3 жыл бұрын
@@mk1kieran Is it mid engined like the Ford Supervan?
@NavinJohnson_thethird3 жыл бұрын
A vehicle with a visible rollcage is not a sleeper.
@24vgranada3 жыл бұрын
Neither of the Escorts, the Cortina or the Caddy qualify as sleepers. The Caddys all look like that and usually belch out diesel soot bombs being the only difference to here 😝
@HFStuart3 жыл бұрын
That rover gets funnier every time I see it. How many backwards cap boy racers has that humiliated ?
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Too many! 😂
@jrbs3 жыл бұрын
The Rover is savage👍
@marcnairn55703 жыл бұрын
I'm here for mk1 porn! 💖
@Jezdx6673 жыл бұрын
That golf though! What a F*CKING handful!! ANIMAL! my favourite is the transit though!! 😁😁
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Boba is a legend! Always entertaining to watch 😄
@bobuncle87043 жыл бұрын
He just needs to decide what lane he’s going to use🤣
@godzilla123253 жыл бұрын
The visible twist in the bodyshells on these things is awesome/scary 😂😂😂
@samkendall84713 жыл бұрын
The only car that actually don't belong in this list was the chevy nova wagon That sticks out like asked thumb 👍. But I would love to have any of the other cars or vans on this list Loved this video 📸
@djover7393 жыл бұрын
Rover.. 🥰🥰
@MichaelsMustang3 жыл бұрын
There were some amazing cars in there, I did like the Nova but escorts will always be my favourite car especially that MK 2
@Pushing_the_cathinone_limits_3 жыл бұрын
Boba mk 2 😂 Would love to see him race . Incredible
@SB-vb8ch3 жыл бұрын
Man that Mk1 Escort hooks
@Pushing_the_cathinone_limits_3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful car too
@ianmangham45702 жыл бұрын
Wish I'd had that mk1 escort in the 80s 😂
@Lister_of_Smeg3 жыл бұрын
Somewhere on this planet Greta Thunburg is watching this and she's very, very angry 🤣
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Haha good! 🤣
@iainjones5373 жыл бұрын
She's always angry.
@ldnwholesale85523 жыл бұрын
And she has any relevance to this world? Maybe she can watch from the blade of a windmill at Santa Pod!
@ocelotcheek3 жыл бұрын
@@ldnwholesale8552 Greta has more balls than all of you and likely doesn't give a shit about drag racing. I love drag racing AND I admire what Greta stands for. OMFG you CAN do both!!
@wilber4rce3 жыл бұрын
I like when the nova launches you hear the slurp as the throttle opens!
@mreckes9967 Жыл бұрын
Just when you think you've seen it all, then along comes that big block P4 Rover, what a great concept.
@stevedriver1476 Жыл бұрын
great stuff,,, last time i watched it was raining and they still raced,, not good. this is a good track and street cars running 12,s is great. from Australia
@Mr-millen3 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant video and those sleepers are something else and look so normal 💪
@oldhick90473 жыл бұрын
I do love a sleeper, currently working on a 65' Plymouth Valliant wagon with a 413 wedge motor. Should be fast,
@nzsaltflatsracer80543 жыл бұрын
The Rover hauls all the cool!
@2005_maserati3 жыл бұрын
Right sleepers, my fav sleeper car has to be any older volvo, they look like bricks, you can almost swap any engine in it, lots of tuning capabilites and overall a nice brick (the videos u upload tbh cure my depression even though im late sometimes)
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Glad I can help mate! Thanks for the comment 🙏🏻
@saraprva41723 жыл бұрын
Yellow Mk 1 & orange Mk2 are beautiful, but that Golf is insane fast!!!
@roscius620412 күн бұрын
Rover for the win but the Nova would fun to take surfing and down to the supermarket...
@tintin68923 жыл бұрын
Did I mistakenly hit FFWD for the Mk2 golf? Holy shit.
@alexluckes65633 жыл бұрын
love the rover
@jeancharlesrabaux56583 жыл бұрын
Aller les anglais il faux battre les voitures allemandes sur 400 m rien que la golf boba a 8 s2 en 4 2l 16s turbo
@iuhjhfdskjsdf3 жыл бұрын
I love Santa Pod there’s even a convenient fan at the end of the track to blow the burnout smoke away...
@dirttdude Жыл бұрын
there's something wrong with the tiny car with the 500 and some odd CID ford big block.... 12s are pretty slow for that car
@jonathonjubb6626 Жыл бұрын
Rover 75 ( sloping boot) is a heavy car. I wonder how much is original....
@jackmehoff1840 Жыл бұрын
the van made me laugh, the Rover made me envious and Boba's VW made think FUCK ME that is fast
@davehawes8177 Жыл бұрын
Old auntie rover certainly lifts her skirt and gets a hurry on. Who would have thought, 60 years on, some clown would drag race one.
@DrRock2009 Жыл бұрын
Best was a black 1982 Saab 900 with an 8l V8 that was doing the rounds in the mid to late ‘90’s….
@paulrubery10422 жыл бұрын
I like the auntie Rover that is as cool as van be👍💪👍
@UPnDOWN8 ай бұрын
That Golf is batshit crazy!
@ExiledPiasa Жыл бұрын
this just proves that there are great gear heads all over the world.
@careylowell Жыл бұрын
This video lacks only peaks of what’s under each bonnet.
@steventhornton4716 Жыл бұрын
That's also how the mk1 escort should have been tuned stock they would have been selling them today lol
@jorgrecker806110 ай бұрын
Rover P4 power! One of Britains fine cars....
@jeancharlesrabaux5658 Жыл бұрын
Je suis sur le poind d acheter une voiture sans permis il me restera cas trouver un moteur hayabusa plus un gros turbo 4wd et la ca va filer
@pasha123433 жыл бұрын
What the hell was in that Golf ? !! Outstanding 👍🙂
@levi_vdn3 жыл бұрын
A 2.0L 16v with a turbo bigger then a head from a man😂
@Pinzpilot101 Жыл бұрын
Love the Rover....I actually owned a Rover 80 same colour......it had the Landrover Benzine/petrol/gas engine......my intention was to swap it not for some monster engine but for the Landrover Diesel......but work overseas intevened.
@UrbanFoxCustoms3 жыл бұрын
Love the VW Caddy and the Transit 🤩
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Fast vans are always cool!
@josephmifsud8261 Жыл бұрын
All fantastic cars. Love a sleeper. Highlights were the 1200bhp, Golf the Mk 2 Cortina and Chevy Nova estates and the Rover P4 tops the list.
@jeancharlesrabaux5658 Жыл бұрын
Je suis un grand grand fane des slipper tu la voie oui elle est belles maïs tu c est pas ceux qu il y a dans le capot
@paulEG63 жыл бұрын
I love that transit, it looks amazing with those fat tyres tucked up in the rear arches!
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's got a great stance! Proper cool build
@gybx40942 жыл бұрын
Now honestly, you have to be just a little bit sadistic to build a Sleeper car. I mean, the Supercar drivers deserve it, but the Muscle Car guys should be given a warning first.
@NeilLB7 Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine anything more annoying to a drag racer trying to concentrate on many things at once than 3 GIANT wind turbines directly in front of me at the end of the track. Placement gets 0 points from me.
@mk1kieran Жыл бұрын
😂😂 you don’t actually realise they’re there when you’re going up the strip
@brianiswrong3 жыл бұрын
In my day we had Steve green and (before the stripes) Ron kidell. And there use to be a couple of brothers in the early 80's at the run way u brung,that ran a couple of 60's Austin's I think?? 1 was black,quick as you like and he usually covered 1500 feet going up the 1/4 mile 😀
@stevengeeson72673 жыл бұрын
Vw caddy. Most boring 11. whatever second run ever. Them dsg vag powered vehicles are boring
@tommyau2006 Жыл бұрын
slow kick off Rover but awesome
@TheSpanosAntics Жыл бұрын
Maybe one day 🤦
@ravennexusmh3 жыл бұрын
No sleepers in this video. They all advertise their speed aurally. To be sleepers they'd need to quieten alot. As you a you're no supposed to know about them till they dbwtah
@steventhornton4716 Жыл бұрын
How the rover p4 should have been
@garyburchgb Жыл бұрын
That rover was great. My type of car.
@krisclare66533 жыл бұрын
Quality video as usual mate keep up the good work 👍🏻👊🏻
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kris 👊🏻
@jottka2162 Жыл бұрын
3:15 Is the black one a Trabant?
@molnarrobert18933 жыл бұрын
The wide tyres and stance still give them away, even tho the Hyundai was the cosest then boba,you wouldn't tell the rover will overtake the Bentley.
@triodehexode Жыл бұрын
The Rover P4 is a belter
@benjaminwillis92278 ай бұрын
That rover though 😊
@AMLagonda3 жыл бұрын
The golf WTF :o I saw the comments and I still was not expecting that take off.
@1982james1113 жыл бұрын
I bet the yellow Escort was Kierans favourite here 👌🏻
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Close, the Rover is my favourite out of this bunch that’s why it was chosen for the thumbnail 😅
@1982james1113 жыл бұрын
@@mk1kieran you can't get anymore sleeper than that TBF 😜👍🏻 great video again mucka 👌🏻
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Love the fact it still has the big standard bus sized steering wheel too! Thanks mate 👍🏻
@justinabbottabbott7892 Жыл бұрын
Wow that.boba golf
@andysaunders3708 Жыл бұрын
Go Rover, ya beast!
@adammiller6606 Жыл бұрын
Well damn. 2 liter cossworth 9.70. Woo!
@janwiebebos1442 Жыл бұрын
i fkn love you dude
@woodspirit7701 Жыл бұрын
Love the old rover!
@Rob-fc9wg Жыл бұрын
4:33. I want one!
@robertslimm9319 Жыл бұрын
Love the Nova.
@terrywallace2303 Жыл бұрын
ROVER no 1
@stevil.2 жыл бұрын
Great video , and your quite correct these cars are asleep 😴
@retro80s803 жыл бұрын
Mk1 escort is nuts. Love to know axle and ratio and i bet its not a T5
@ThePeca19883 жыл бұрын
My vote is on the transit, with that paintjob and all, its perfect
@jeancharlesrabaux56583 жыл бұрын
La petites escorte y est presque a une peux plus d une seconde
@scottvadon20953 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO !!! ... I love, Love, L😍❤E the Rover. I raced at Santa Pod in the 1980s
@mondeotje Жыл бұрын
i like the yellow Ford Escort
@ibana84493 жыл бұрын
Great channel Kieran, followed you quite a while here, am now doing so on twatter and Faceplant. Keep up the great work. Thank you
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’m not active on Twitter but do post on FB and IG 😄
@paulhunter1233 жыл бұрын
bloody hell what engine is in the mk1 escort?
@mk1kieran3 жыл бұрын
Ford Cosworth YB 2.0 DOHC 4 Cylinder
@4ringgarage3283 жыл бұрын
omfg
@frenchie72063 жыл бұрын
Love this channel bud keep the good work up I always look forward to a notification from you 👍