Rich Rebuilds is a particularly well-known and recognized videographer in the United States. This car enthusiast transforms just about everything that passes through his hands, and particularly electric cars. We owe him in particular the reconditioning of a Tesla Model S which had been caught in the floods, or the creation of an electric quad, an electric Mini Cooper or an electric Chevrolet Spark. And before that, the man had had Audi RS7, Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and BMW i8. Varied tastes, then.
Neither pro electric, nor pro thermal, this self-proclaimed man in short, automobile lover has plagued for a long time already against the locking of Tesla on spare parts. As he explains in this summary video: you have a broken engine, go to Tesla, or … just buy a car. No independent repairer will be able to do anything for your car, since the Californian brand has total control over its parts. In any case in the United States, at least.
Tired of this situation and the “sustainable” car argument that he considers abusive, Rich Rebuilds decided to do what has never been done: put a V8 in a Tesla. Not out of disenchantment with the electric car (it would even be the opposite in his case), but simply because it’s easy to have spare parts for a V8, a gearbox and all that goes with it, and for maintain all of this over the long term.
Obviously, this does not concern the average motorist who takes his vehicle to his dealership at the slightest problem. Rather, it concerns those who make the repairs themselves (minor, or major) and who need to buy spare parts.
The transformation will be, in any case from a technical point of view, interesting to follow, since the aluminum structure is clearly not designed to accommodate a large engine at the front.
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