---
title: "Behold a 9.8-Second Geo Tracker With a Dirty Little Secret: A 6.0-Liter Turbo LS V8"
description: "Yes, it's for sale. And yes, it'll do the quarter-mile faster than a $3.5-million Bugatti Chiron."
date: "2019-03-19"
modified: "2019-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/27017/behold-a-9-8-second-geo-tracker-with-a-dirty-little-secret-a-6-0-liter-turbo-ls-v-8"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "drag racing"
  - "General Motors"
  - "geo tracker"
  - "sleepers"
  - "suzuki"
  - "V-8"
---

# Behold a 9.8-Second Geo Tracker With a Dirty Little Secret: A 6.0-Liter Turbo LS V8

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If you're looking for a Geo Tracker that can run a sub-10-second standing quarter-mile time, today is your lucky day. What can safely be described as the *ultimate* sleeper, was just listed for sale in the Las Vegas Craigslist: a 1993 Geo Tracker with a 6.0-liter turbocharged V8 engine stuffed under the hood.

According to the [ad](<https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/d/las-vegas-9-second-street-drag-race-car/6820150725.html>), this Geo Tracker—a rebadged Suzuki Sidekick—started out in life as a base model, with a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine making a paltry 80 horsepower, sent to the rear wheels only by a five-speed manual transmission.

![message-editor%2F1552944588299-00n0n\_eten0jncer6\_600x450.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1552944588299-00n0n_eten0jncer6_600x450.jpg>)
**craigslist**

But that drivetrain is long gone, because the four-cylinder engine has been replaced by a larger General Motors LQ4, known to some as a Vortec 6000, which was the 6.0-liter V8 found in the [Chevrolet Silverado](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/24472/2019-chevy-silverado-test-drive-review-gms-new-full-size-pickup-truck-is-an-all-around-letdown>), Suburban, and Express between 1999 and 2007. It produced between 335 and 370 horsepower new, depending on specification, but with a single ON3 7875 turbocharger, it makes a lot more than that—enough to buck this little Geo up onto its rear wheels from a standing start on the drag strip.

![message-editor%2F1552945071940-00t0t\_wiily4amzr\_600x450.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1552945071940-00t0t_wiily4amzr_600x450.jpg>)
**craigslist**

To withstand the added torque, this Tracker has a transmission to match its engine: a truck-grade 4L80E, itself modified for drag racing with a custom torque converter, a transmission cooler, and a shift kit. The rear axle has been replaced with that of a Ford, using the 8.8-inch limited-slip differential in the center.

Though no dynamometer sheets are available, a video of the Geo performing its advertised nine-second pass (specifically, 9.97 seconds) can be found below, though the owner says he's pulled off a 9.8-second run at 132 mph. For reference, the [$3 million, 1,500-horsepower Bugatti Chiron](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/13651/2018-bugatti-chiron-review-the-next-stage-in-automotive-rocketry>) has been recorded running a comparable 9.9-second quarter mile.

Unlike the Bugatti, this Tracker doesn't cost seven figures. It's being sold for just $14,500, or about [a tenth the price of a similarly quick Dodge Demon](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20928/the-price-of-a-used-dodge-demon-has-now-reached-half-a-million-dollars>), used. There's no cheaper way of breaking the ten-second barrier, but be warned, the seller won't hand it over to just anyone. He rightfully says that it's not a car for amateurs, as it's a high-power, short-wheelbase vehicle, and won't let buyers test drive it without a briefcase of Benjamins on hand.

![message-editor%2F1552946031557-00z0z\_gnhuimghmpn\_600x450.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1552946031557-00z0z_gnhuimghmpn_600x450.jpg>)
*craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1552946040244-00909\_c4hequ7coz6\_600x450.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1552946040244-00909_c4hequ7coz6_600x450.jpg>)
*craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1552946049701-00x0x\_9nmvntom8dd\_600x450.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1552946049701-00x0x_9nmvntom8dd_600x450.jpg>)
*craigslist*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)