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[TesTowne]

7 pages in let’s stop feeding the troll. Let it die

Trolls are negative and adversarial. That would be you my friend. I'm just having a discussion. And I agree, let your contributions to this discussion die.

 

[TesTowne]

How, exactly, does it "eliminate" range anxiety? I found that any Tesla with over 300 miles range eliminates range anxiety if the driver is knowledgeable and aware. Never had "anxiety" with my Model 3. All you gotta do is stop to supercharge every 200 miles or so (or longer if it's a 400 mile range Model S), about the time you'd be looking for a place to eat and hit the bathroom.

And your idea of a "performance car" is different than mine. I find that my car can leave a "performance car" in the rear view mirror just about every time, but unless I'm a crazy person who has to rev their engine and burn out across the intersection when the light turns green, there's no need. My Model S is a performance car, as is my Model 3. The idea that a powerful car must have a gas engine is ridiculous. My S has roughly 450 ft/lb of torque and a similar amount of horsepower, and it was not sold as a performance car, but a gas car with those numbers would be considered such.

Obviously you have not driven a Tesla very much.

Thanx for the laugh. I've owned a 60, 85, P85, P85d, P90DL, 85D. Do I really need to go on?

Bottom line is road trips suck in a Tesla. You can argue it all you want, but getting to a supercharger and charging takes at least 10 times as long as gassing up.

 

[mmccord]

Easier to just buy a Porsche 918.

 

[LusciousGarage]

I would think that the huge vehicle weight with the drive unit and battery still installed will make that V8 guzzle gas.

It would be really interesting to see

Supercharging would not be an option as that feature would be removed because it is salvage

 

[dannycamps]

I'm still not sure I completely understand what the OP is looking to do. If the plan is to take a Tesla shell and drop in a V8 powertrain (like what Rich Rebuilds is doing) then why use a Tesla at all? It could be any car and I am sure you'd get better performance out it it.

If the plan is to use a gas engine as a generator to power either the batteries or motors, a smaller/lighter engine would probably make more sense.

 

[Kandiru]

Why not tie two horses and haul hay instead?

 

[gigawatt1010]

Why not tie two horses and haul hay instead?

You sir, wins the Internet today! Congratulations!!!

 

[captjoemcd]

I hope to start it in the fall. Looking for donor cars now. I'm here to see if anyone sees something I don't.

How's it looking?