So I bought a 2014 P85+ that now identifies on the screen as a P90+ (it has the new 7/8th of a p100d 350v 90kWh battery ) to modify and go drag racing with.
I wanted this car as a test bed as I know the battery is no were near its limit (700ish hp in the awd cars) so any improvents I make to the drive unit are not going to be held back.
So with a bone stock car except for putting some used 275/35-21 to test a 1in stagger in tire hieght, I met up with my friends to do a no prep race in southern Ontario Canada. I knew the tires were too soft for our hard tire class (220 and 400 is the limit) so i had to race in a class full of racecars on slicks.... oh well lol.
I as expected got crushed but I got a good baseline and had fun. The car had no issues with the tires so I was not worried about buy the next mod.
So now comes the modifications to a drag car.
Step one traction.
I ordered a set of racestars 18x6 for the front and 18x10.5 rear designed for a 5th gen camaro. The tires are et street r 305/45-18 rear and 28x6 front
I had to grind the parking caliber and cut the guild off the lower control arm bolt to fit the 18's on the rear. The rear stopping caliper cleared no issue.
The fronts just bolted on.
The next modification needed was the ability to do a standing burnout. The track was not very happy with my rolling topfuel burnouts LOL. People in the crowed thought it was cool though. Since Elon doesn't want us doing brake torque burnouts I pulled the frunk, found a good home for 2 linelock solenoids, scanned the car, designed and printed a bracket and plumbed it all in. now I get to keep the ABS and do burnouts. (If I was smarter I know I could make the abs module do this but I am not so this is my solution)
The last part of this puzzle is the hardest and that is freeing up the power the car has waiting to get out and going parts that.
I have reached out to the STEINBAUER Engineering to get a quick and easy 100hp. Has anyone tried there product? In the end I know this will not be were the car sits but the ease of plug and play is pulling me in.
So over the year I will be looking to intergrate an AEM into the car, get lighter batteries with higher voltage and power, a new inverter rated for higher voltage and current, design a lots of custom parts and getting them made.
My goal for this year will to have a single motor model s deep into the 11's as a mostly stock model S and moving into next year 10's or maybe a 9.99
As a guy that has been building and racing gasoline cars for about 30 years I am having a lot of fun with this. It is so much fun logging the car and learning something new everyday.
I wanted this car as a test bed as I know the battery is no were near its limit (700ish hp in the awd cars) so any improvents I make to the drive unit are not going to be held back.
So with a bone stock car except for putting some used 275/35-21 to test a 1in stagger in tire hieght, I met up with my friends to do a no prep race in southern Ontario Canada. I knew the tires were too soft for our hard tire class (220 and 400 is the limit) so i had to race in a class full of racecars on slicks.... oh well lol.
I as expected got crushed but I got a good baseline and had fun. The car had no issues with the tires so I was not worried about buy the next mod.
So now comes the modifications to a drag car.
Step one traction.
I ordered a set of racestars 18x6 for the front and 18x10.5 rear designed for a 5th gen camaro. The tires are et street r 305/45-18 rear and 28x6 front
I had to grind the parking caliber and cut the guild off the lower control arm bolt to fit the 18's on the rear. The rear stopping caliper cleared no issue.
The fronts just bolted on.
The next modification needed was the ability to do a standing burnout. The track was not very happy with my rolling topfuel burnouts LOL. People in the crowed thought it was cool though. Since Elon doesn't want us doing brake torque burnouts I pulled the frunk, found a good home for 2 linelock solenoids, scanned the car, designed and printed a bracket and plumbed it all in. now I get to keep the ABS and do burnouts. (If I was smarter I know I could make the abs module do this but I am not so this is my solution)
The last part of this puzzle is the hardest and that is freeing up the power the car has waiting to get out and going parts that.
I have reached out to the STEINBAUER Engineering to get a quick and easy 100hp. Has anyone tried there product? In the end I know this will not be were the car sits but the ease of plug and play is pulling me in.
So over the year I will be looking to intergrate an AEM into the car, get lighter batteries with higher voltage and power, a new inverter rated for higher voltage and current, design a lots of custom parts and getting them made.
My goal for this year will to have a single motor model s deep into the 11's as a mostly stock model S and moving into next year 10's or maybe a 9.99
As a guy that has been building and racing gasoline cars for about 30 years I am having a lot of fun with this. It is so much fun logging the car and learning something new everyday.
