No going back now
The Tesla parts should arrive in a couple weeks. In the meantime, we've cut out the trunk area in anticipation of the motor install (I'm using the smaller Tesla rear-drive unit, by the way) so there's no going back now. The goal is 294 HP and 200 miles of range. There are still many, many details (battery placement, P/S, P/B, A/C, cooling, etc., etc.) to figure out.
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No trunk, no spare tire well, no fuel tank, no nothing back there now |
While at it, we straightened some dents in the lower rear valance and filled in the notch for the tailpipe. Not going to have one of those anymore...
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Bye, bye tailpipe and US side marker lights |