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You could also do electric hydraulic pump. Then feed that hydraulic PS pressure to a regular pro am or something hydro rack. Steering input to the rack could be the stock steer by wire rack “piggybacked” of the big PS rack. Portals would benefit this thing a lot just for that ground clearance.

Based off the last several decades of off-road racing, for a modified pickup truck using the stock pivot points the suspension will likely be: -3/16” 4130 welded steel spindle , and lower control arms. 1.5” uniball pivots at all ends. Upper control arms might be billet aluminum cnc machined with...

This is a very important step in developing off road worthy aftermarket suspension upgrades. Always have to real world test the crap out of it.

I would think quite the opposite. air suspensions are generally a gimmick that Land Rovers and the like run. Absolutely no serious off-road vehicle would ever run an air suspension. Jeep , raptor , any TRD off road Toyota , no air suspension. Almost every single aftermarket long travel...

I literally copy and pasted all of this post into Google Gemini AI and got perfectly reasonable answers in five seconds. My friend…the age of a “firm handshake” with a human salesmen at your local dealer is done. Humans are unreliable and prone to mistakes. Act accordingly.

One thing that usually gets completely ignored in the EV versus gas debate for either street cars or pick up trucks is the fact that you can whale on them mercilessly with very minimal consequences. For my model 3 performance, I have the least respect for that poor motor and battery and after...

“ Normal “ is relative. If you drive extremely aggressively, pushing the traction limits on a daily basis, you can expect very rapid tire wear. You can deduce this logically by going to a track day where people can burn through an entire new set of tires in under a few hours. Thus the time it...

Technically it is possible for humans to nearly outperform FSD / driverless cars. The proof is places like Norway or Denmark with 1 crash for every 1,000,000 miles driven. This is not hypothetical, but already demonstrated. Having driven in the EU , Mexico , and Asian countries I’ve always...

Yes. On the CT it was the factory tires , then 2 sets for KM3s. The KM3s also cup badly before going “bald”. On the m3P , the original Perelli’s, now 5 sets of Michelin pilot sport 4s. 40 psi for both vehicles

This is normal for me on my CT and m3P. 10k miles in my normal tire change interval, even with rotating at 3k . Yes the guy is probably driving aggressively like me

This is pretty common with a lot of Tesla’s actually. This is not a defect or mistake from the factory. Tesla probably sends their vehicles out with aggressive rear alignments (More negative camber, more toe in) which results in excessive tire, but produces exceptional handling, and safer...

One thing I’ve not seen is real owner satisfaction data for the CT. I’m just assuming here , but the CT has the highest satisfaction rating from real owners. Not people who “heard the CT is a flop”. Some things you actually have to try yourself in order to understand what all the hype is...

I actually miss driving my model 3P whenever I’m in the cyber. My wife drives the cyber most of the time. I guess the steer by wire is definitely a much better experience in the CT vs the model 3P … but , that 4,000lb go kart makes the CT feel like a FedEx truck in terms of handling and...

Duh

At least the cylinder heads are not flooded with motor oil. Also no transmission / T-Case fluid that can leak out of the shift levers . Drive unit should be like a differential with probably no fluids leaking out of the vent line .

This is not a silly question. As soon as funds become available, i’m gonna pay to have full long travel suspension built front and rear, with reinforcements to the subframe and upper aluminum body / shock mounts (most likely steel plate overlays). Get rid of the air suspension and go with a...

For autopilot (not FSD) the car will actually disengage autopilot moments before it predicts a collision (if it anticipates one) This has happened twice with my model three performance hw3. Both times it was a very large plastic trash bag which it perceived as a giant obstacle that popped up...

No big deal. Easy fix: -add custom portal hubs/spindle -40” tires -custom 7/8” heim tie rods (both ends) with custom inner steering clevis at the steering rack -uniball control arms -Porsche 934 CV axles -remove air suspension for 3” coil overs -sway bar disconnect I think that about...

That rubicon trail “cyber truck fail” is also bogus. I understand they blew a couple of tire rods and snapped a CV axle or so. However, we are talking about the Rubicon Trail. I challenge anyone to see if a stock pickup truck, or even base Jeep Wrangler wouldn’t get some damage going...

after so many years of real world driving data on Tesla NMC battery packs, and LFP battery packs it would seem they are a lot more robust than previously thought. Showing minimal battery degradation overall, even when supercharged constantly, driven aggressively, or charged to 100% often (NMC)...