LS swapped Model S

"offroadkarter" (04RauderDTR)
10/01/2013 at 23:34 • Filed to: Tesla, model s

Now this is a Tesla I'd own!

DISCUSSION (29)

YSI-what can brown do for you > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:36

This is beautiful.

DasWauto > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:38

Ultimate troll. I must do this.

Mason-Dixon > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:40

Thanks to y'all at Oppo, my "lottery to-do list" is unnecessarily long. Now I have yet another addition.

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:40

please tell me this is real.

Bird > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:43

Kinja'd!!!

If somebody does this, I'll happily take that useless torque monster of an electric drivetrain to swap into something else...

Decay buys too many beaters > Somethingwittyer likes noisy
10/01/2013 at 23:44

I'd like to know as well, a cursory search of the interwebs found no information on this swap

Makoyouidiot > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:45

I am getting the vibe that my dismay at this puts me firmly in the minority.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:47

"If a car is built, it will get a small block Chevy forcibly inserted into it."-
Universal Law

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:47

Kinja'd!!!

rabbitman > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:51

Must be some guy that likes to do this...

Kinja'd!!!

Harrycarry250 > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:52

After some google reverse image searches, sifting through a pinterest page, and looking at a blog I found this website...

Seems... Legit?

http://egaragedotcom.tumblr.com/post/611141648…

Harrycarry250 > Harrycarry250
10/01/2013 at 23:53

This too

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MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:57

Nope.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > offroadkarter
10/01/2013 at 23:58

I don't understand...he wants to make it worse?

TheJWT > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 00:05

Kinja'd!!!

Its perfect.

offroadkarter > Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
10/02/2013 at 00:06

you mean like the fisker? you know, the other all electric sedan thats doing so great?

offroadkarter > Harrycarry250
10/02/2013 at 00:08

this came across my facebook feed so it could be as legit as the Vtec swapped C6 Z06, I have no idea. All I know is I posted this a half hour ago and came back to 15 notifications. Jimmies have been rustled

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 00:15

I'm confused? Tesla is a profitable company making amazing cars. Fisker...blew the fuck up. I love gas engines as much as the next guy and will never own an electric vehicle if I can help it, but I can appreciate very much what the Model S is all about and it is a great car. I was mostly just poking some fun, but this is such a huge undertaking that it will require (seemingly) huge amounts of money and time to make this anything near as good as it comes from the factory.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 00:16

Harrycarry250 > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 00:20

Yes indeed...

Kinja'd!!!

offroadkarter > Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment
10/02/2013 at 00:22

The fisker is awesome with an LSx, my point is, this can be to

bhardoin > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 00:31

But... why? How much rigid chassis had to be cut out to make it work?

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/02/2013 at 00:59

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7
10/02/2013 at 01:03

kinja does not like people right now.

ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 11:35

All for this. Provided something happened with the S drivetrain and he was like fuck it for the money to fix it I could LS swap it. And I have the motor. Then its fine. Nice strong chasis. Looks great. Plus the LS sound. Yes please.....wait what about weight savings? Now my head is spinning.

ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR > Tim (Fractal Footwork)
10/02/2013 at 11:36

Yup this was me shortly after thinking about the swap more in depth.

offroadkarter > ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
10/02/2013 at 12:26

now you've got it!

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > offroadkarter
10/02/2013 at 12:41

I'm definitely interested in seeing what happens with this...I do not envy the electrical work ahead though haha.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > offroadkarter
10/11/2013 at 12:36

AWW YISS