Watch A Crazy Tesla-Powered Kit Car Tear Down The Quarter-Mile
It’s been about four years since the Tesla Roadster went out of production, so what if you want bonkers electrical power in a sports car package now? Ottawa-based Eurodyne and Tapp Auto have one solution, which involves taking a Factory Five Racing 818 fibreglass kit car, and stuffing in a rear-wheel drive P85 drive unit hooked up to a pair of Chevrolet Volt battery packs.
It’s producing somewhere in the region of 400bhp, and at just over 1100kg it’s a damn sight lighter than a Tesla. It means the electric 818 is able to lay down a respectable 10 second quarter-mile, although Eurodyne reckons a nine second pass is possible.
Sources: Car Scoops and Electrek
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I feel offended
Funniest filming fail…
Sorry for the smoke…
Sorry for the camera falling off
It’s a good fail because of what caused it lol
It does all of this with only 2 Volts?! That’s mighty impressive!
That is ONE good looking electric car
It’s called the factory five 818c usually u put a ej20, fa20, or ford ecoboost 2.3 in ig
So I’m guessing the disclaimer with this kit car was “battery’s not included”
The factory five 818 is typically powered by a Subaru WRX running gear, so I would guess this took a lot of thought to make this work. Still, it was an awesome build!
This car might even make me like electric cars a bit more
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Anyone think it looks like a mini Koenigsegg Regera?
duracell really kicks in yo
I AM ELECTRIC
The most important part are the mx5 door handles