5% increase in power

[Upscaleman]

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I only had a chance to do a quick set of runs from a spot near my office parking lot before/after the update, but here's the results.

Thank you.

 

[chickensworth]

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I only had a chance to do a quick set of runs from a spot near my office parking lot before/after the update, but here's the results.

that's pretty disheartening... do you feel the extra power at passing speeds or something?

 

[Oyinko]

I got the peak power increase this morning and went for a quick spin with a cold battery charged at 80%. It felt a tad faster, not at the initial pull but between 15mph and 40mph, you can feel the car pulling much more. I can't wait to see some numbers!

 

[roguenode]

that's pretty disheartening... do you feel the extra power at passing speeds or something?

I've got about a mile on the car since the update as I just did it here at work. It does seem a bit more responsive when I mash the pedal when going a steady 30 or so. I'll be doing some more runs and bringing it up to highway speeds at lunch.

 

[Upscaleman]

What is the temperature like in your neighborhood today?

 

[roguenode]

What is the temperature like in your neighborhood today?

Those runs were done at about 50°F.

 

[juanmedina]

that's disappointing for the P3D

 

[roguenode]

that's disappointing for the P3D

Agreed. I just did four more 0-60 runs in that same spot as earlier today. Got a couple of 3.47s @%77 SOC (Dragy verified). I've never been under 3.52 @ that same spot pre-update, so maybe a touch quicker, but clearly not by much.

 

[chickensworth]

Agreed. I just did four more 0-60 runs in that same spot as earlier today. Got a couple of 3.47s @%77 SOC (Dragy verified). I've never been under 3.52 @ that same spot pre-update, so maybe a touch quicker, but clearly not by much.

Tesla claims a .1 sec improvement on their website... your .05 sec improvement is just rounded to the nearest tenth

 

[TexasTeslaRacing]

Sorry to disappoint, but I received the update this morning and did three runs before work. All 3.2 on the Vbox, with 1ft rollout. Same as when I bought the car six months ago. No difference.

 

[SleeperService]

Sorry to disappoint, but I received the update this morning and did three runs before work. All 3.2 on the Vbox, with 1ft rollout. Same as when I bought the car six months ago. No difference.

It's more likely to be noticeable in the 45-100 mph time since it's a power increase, not a peak torque increase. So hammering it on the highway when you go to pass a slow poke going 50 mph will be better. /speculation

 

[timk225]

My local 1/4 mile dragstrip opens this Saturday. If it doesn't rain, I'll go get some numbers to compare to my last Junes' numbers, to include 60 foot, 330', 1/8 time and speed, 1000' time and speed, and 1/4 mile time and speed. Just got my 8.3 update a few days ago.

Don't bother racing at an 1/8 mile track, 1/8 mile tracks are a joke and are not the standard for performance. And if someone didn't have enough room to build a 1/4 mile track, then they should have built nothing in the first place. No 1/8 mile tracks!!!

 

[TexasTeslaRacing]

My local 1/4 mile dragstrip opens this Saturday. If it doesn't rain, I'll go get some numbers to compare to my last Junes' numbers, to include 60 foot, 330', 1/8 time and speed, 1000' time and speed, and 1/4 mile time and speed. Just got my 8.3 update a few days ago.

Don't bother racing at an 1/8 mile track, 1/8 mile tracks are a joke and are not the standard for performance. And if someone didn't have enough room to build a 1/4 mile track, then they should have built nothing in the first place. No 1/8 mile tracks!!!

Don't agree with you on the 1/8 mile tracks but to each their own. Looking forward to your 1/4 mile data. Have fun!

 

[FlyNavy01]

M3 AWD got an 8% power increase according to the car's API. It was 284kW (381hp) peak before and it's 307kw (412hp) now. Peak HP occurs at ~45mph (70 kph). There is no increase in power below that speed.

I really wish I had access to the API for my P3D like this guy does, as it's directly measuring power through the inverter.

FW 2019.8.3 actually increased Model 3 AWD peak power by 8% above 45 mph (70 km/h)

I'm currently the Model 3 record holder for fastest 0-60, 1/8 mi, and 1/4 mi on Dragy, and I just got the power increase update today. About to go and try some runs now to compare.

 

[JGard]

I got my RWD update this morning with the 5% power increase. Car feels exactly the same to me. Then again, my butt dyno isn't calibrated well enough to detect that small a difference.

 

[juanmedina]

Don't agree with you on the 1/8 mile tracks but to each their own. Looking forward to your 1/4 mile data. Have fun!

Agreed! Our cars do better in the 1/8th anyway.

 

[FlyNavy01]

Update with a new P3D dyno plot that was posted in another thread. Not as accurate as the car's API, but it shows a ~3% peak power increase at the wheels (maybe closer to 5-6% average) for the P3D above 45mph.

 

[juanmedina]

Needs more boost

 

[FlyNavy01]

Did a few baseline tests and got 3.16s w/ 1ft rollout (3.35s without) this evening. Only about 0.02seconds faster than before, which makes sense since the power is identical up to 45mph and only ~3% higher from 45-60mph.

I expect the biggest increases to be in 1/4 mile times since the power increase is greater at higher speeds. Hoping for 11.5x seconds this weekend.

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

Did a few baseline tests and got 3.16s w/ 1ft rollout (3.35s without) this evening. Only about 0.02seconds faster than before, which makes sense since the power is identical up to 45mph and only ~3% higher from 45-60mph.

I expect the biggest increases to be in 1/4 mile times since the power increase is greater at higher speeds. Hoping for 11.5x seconds this weekend.

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