P85 modded to be a P85 w/Ludicrous

[kwhftw]

Insurance?! What's that?

On a serious note, obviously would have to get some ducks in a row to actually make that happen... appropriate insurance would certainly be one of those ducks.

seriously, i will take my car down from being on sale and you can have your way with it and ill keep it as a toy. i'm ready to party.

 

[supratachophobia]

I bet @wk057 could fix the media player too......

 

[sandpiper]

The rear drive unit can take 1400 AMPS?!!! Wow. That's a lot of power for a small unit. Did you do something special with the thermal monitoring, to ensure that you don't cook the motor? Or is the drive unit smart enough to protect itself?

 

[GSP]

@wk057,

You never cease to amaze us.

I am envisioning a fun RWD track car, with stripped interior, racing seats and harness, roll cage, and suspension mods. Add P100 DL pack and improved cooling for the motor and inverter. Something like a Porsche GT2 RWD Turbo track car. This would not only be great toy, but also an image enhancer for Tesla Motors and EVs in general.

GSP

 

[nagypite]

How much is the basic P85's max power? motor and battery

 

[deonb]

Edit: Oh, and um... I may plan on offering this modification as a service at some point to P85/P85+ folks.

Would you be able to mod cars that have upgraded to 8.x?

I know the backdoor you used has been closed now, but can you downgrade the firmware to get access?

 

[artsci]

I've been offered positions at Tesla, but I refuse to move to California. Apparently that's a deal breaker. Besides, probably wouldn't be as much fun.



The front frame rails are totally different on the RWD cars. It would take extensive modification to do so. Certainly not impossible, but would need way more power available to even bother. A P100D cant even max out a small front and large rear, let alone two large DUs.



Not just software hacks. The pack is actually a Ludicrous pack now. The motor is a recent warranty swap that happened to be a P85D compatible unit that is the same revision as was in my P85D. So, overall, should be perfectly fine. Definitely kissed those warranties goodbye, though.

With the knowledge and talent you have who needs warranties?

 

[clyjr]

get some slicks and head to the 1/4 mile track

 

[unnoho]

Time to fire up the business side and start selling custom software. For my Ram 1500 Ecodiesel people are paying upwards of $1000 for a mail order tune with all tune options from GDE. $749 for just the base tune and add $650 if you want to keep the stock ecu for warranty purposes.

 

[kirkbauer]

Perhaps a dumb question, but how do you get the cool stats to show up on the right side of the instrument cluster? Something you did or something we could all do?

 

[artsci]

Edit: Oh, and um... I may plan on offering this modification as a service at some point to P85/P85+ folks.

Wink aside, if you're serious about this, I and several other owners I know would be very interested.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

I see a few kickstarters coming up... but I'm mostly interested in this one...

I want to see this car smoke the rear tires like someone set off a bomb... just tons of awesome torque and automobile entertainment

this... is... awesome man.

 

[Brittt1]

Great work WK as always, as Artsci says definitely interested when you get this in a package.. A bunch of D.C./MD area owners would be in on this.

 

[bkp_duke]

Can't wait to see the new 0-60 times.

Might have to consider a road trip to NC now.

 

[VikH]

How many launches/WOTs before power is limited?

 

[Cyclone]

I'd love to see the service personnel's reaction if you brought it in some time, as if it was just your plain old vanilla P85.

I've asked this so we can all see the surprise, but due to privacy concerns, they can't divulge this. Hopefully one time @wk057 is heading there I can swing by as the service center isn't too far away. If not, I may just need to drive up again and be damn impressed again!

 

[joaquinsfy]

Edit: Oh, and um... I may plan on offering this modification as a service at some point to P85/P85+ folks.

@wk057 as i understand it's not just software, you need battery pack and fuses, contactors, etc... from the new models?

Thanks!

i have my p85+ nervous...
...

 

[MP3Mike]

The rear drive unit can take 1400 AMPS?!!! Wow. That's a lot of power for a small unit

The P85s cars are RWD and have a large motor in the rear...

 

[mmccord]

wk, First off, I love this stuff. Coolest thing I've seen since the AP upgrade.

Question: Would an 85D -> P85D upgrade only involve an upgraded rear DU & software? And to go to P85DL, it'd just be the upgraded fuse (and software)?

 

[JMG]

And my in-laws think I'm a computer genius because I recently paired their google home to their router.........