Do you know that the wheelbase distinction between a Tesla Mannequin S and a 2000s Honda Odyssey minivan is simply 1.6 inches? Effectively, now you do, and the blokes over on the YouTube channel BoostedBoiz have every part to do with this bizarre truth of the day.
A few of it’s possible you’ll already be acquainted with the workings of the aforementioned video creators, as one in all their earlier creations concerned a wrecked 2020 Tesla Mannequin S Plaid that went via an excessive weight-shedding course of that finally made it the world’s lightest Mannequin S, tipping the scales at 3,850 kilos.
The mix of instantaneous torque, 1,020 horsepower from the Plaid’s tri-motor setup, and the low weight additionally meant the gutted EV ran an 8.83-second quarter mile sooner or later. However there’s solely a lot you are able to do with a kart-like machine.
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So right here’s the place the Honda Odyssey comes into play. As one of many guys within the video embedded above mentions, he’s had an concept of placing the physique of the beloved American minivan on high of a Tesla Mannequin S chassis for a few years. However it’s solely now that they bought to make that dream a actuality.
First, the boys took a fire-damaged Mannequin S and a $500 junkyard Odyssey to see if the 2 would even be a superb match collectively. And guess what? After a number of days of slicing and test-fitting, the washed-out minivan physique proved to be a terrific shell for the all-electric base, thanks in no small half to that 1.6-inch wheelbase distinction.
However it wasn’t precisely a plug-and-play sort of factor, so work continued to place the physique on high of the working gutted Plaid that managed sub-9-second runs on the drag strip. Angle iron retainers and extensions had been fabricated to bolt the metal physique on high of the aluminum Tesla chassis, and a brand-new windscreen was additionally put instead of the previous, cracked one.
The automotive seems to be like an everyday 2001 Honda Odyssey from the surface and–aside from the Unplugged Efficiency wheels and Plaid brake calipers–offers no trace of what lies beneath. Inside, nonetheless, it’s a unique story, as is often the case with excessive builds like this one.
The unique 2020 Tesla Mannequin S dashboard, yoke steering wheel, and entrance seats are a part of the image, however that’s about it, at the very least for the second. The fellows who did all of the work say that they’ll proceed to combine as many Mannequin S elements as attainable, however as issues stand immediately, there are not any rear seats, the rear doorways don’t work as a result of the underside latch needed to be lower off, the home windows don’t work, and the lights don’t do what they’re alleged to. However the authentic hood latch was retrofitted and it will probably even open the slab of junkyard steel from the central touchscreen, which is good.
Go forward and watch the hour-long video embedded above and tell us what you concentrate on this unconventional construct within the feedback beneath. There’s additionally one other video with the so-called Plaidessey the place the blokes who constructed it take the minivan-bodied EV for a cruise to a neighborhood components retailer and a quick meals joint.