We installed a Spool in a Telsa Model 3 Motor!
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- To improve the off-road performance of the Tesla Model 3 swapped Jeep Willys, we modified the Tesla drive unit. We replaced the differential with a spool we made! Click on the video to see the making, install, and testing of the exciting off-road upgrade!
This was an excellent video!!! I know the long form stuff is a lot of work, but it’s so valuable to see all the steps, so I feel like I can attempt it myself. You can’t show too much (and we can FF if you do). Great stuff!
Awesome, keep it going.
Thanks!!
1:46 was a perfect comedy shot.
😂 I wasn’t expecting to make it up the hill that time cuz it never had before! Spool definitely made an improvement-maybe just should’ve picked a more challenging hill for comparison!😂
Wow man this was super interesting and a great result!
Thanks! Looking forward to when you can take it off-roading with us!
The Tesla ring gear is 8.75 inches on the LDU with 72 helical splines and 16 bolt holes.
There has to be a locker out there that can be swapped in 🙏.
Also, why not weld the diff?
do they make air or e-lockers for these axles?
Unfortunately, nobody makes an air locker or e-locker for the Tesla drive unit. Before we made the spool, the only aftermarket offering for the Model 3 drive unit was a limited slip. In my build, the Tesla drive unit differential is essentially the center diff (the drive unit sits where the transfer case typically would). The front and rear axles on my build are standard DANA 44's --which you can readily find any sort of locker for. I actually have an ARB air locker on the rear DANA 44. So currently my Jeep has: open front diff; spool center diff; ARB air locker rear diff.
@@TorqueMountainEV-iw1xd sorry, i meant the willys axles. having a spool for the tesla 3 unit is a great solution for the center but was wondering if it'd be enhanced by adding lockers to the differentials at the axles side too. sounds like it already has the rear. this thing has t be a blast to drive now
@@jasonmanness7941 Definitely! It is absolutely wild to drive! I can't wait to test it out more in both 2wd and 4wd.... The axles I have in it are actually Dana 44's swapped from a '74 Wagoneer. I cut them down to fit the Jeep. One benefit is the readily available parts for that era Dana 44.