Tesla Model S Plaid edges previous world record to set new best 1/4-mile time

This Mannequin S plaid has undergone some severe adjustments, with all the inside gutted and the entire physique panels from the entrance doorways and again eliminated.

That they had beforehand attempted to break the record a number of occasions, first with all the automobile uncovered and geared up with a roll cage and on inventory wheels and tires. That effort got here to an 8.83 quarter-mile run at 149 miles per hour.

After just a few tries, together with altering to a tire and wheel combo extra suited to the monitor, they nonetheless couldn’t break the report. They then added a skinny aluminum shell across the automobile to assist with aerodynamics with out including a lot weight again to the automobile. After the addition of the shell and higher wheels and tires, they ran an 8.79-second quarter mile run at 156 miles per hour.

That brings us to the record-setting run and a “driver mod,” the channel introduced in a driver who weighs round 100 kilos much less, and on the monitor, that change produced the outcomes they have been in search of because the automobile ran an 8.71 quarter mile at 158 miles per hour.

The automobile was additionally in a position to improve its 0-60 foot time from 1.49 seconds at the beginning of the undertaking to 1.37 seconds on the record-setting run.

Take a look at the brand new World Report run of their video under!

With all of the adjustments to the automobile from inventory, does this report nonetheless depend since it’s the similar drive prepare, or ought to it solely depend with vehicles having their authentic Mannequin S Plaid physique nonetheless connected?

The BoostedBoiz have stated they’ve extra plans for the Mannequin S Plaid, what do you suppose they may do subsequent with the undertaking?

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Tesla Mannequin S Plaid edges earlier world report to set new finest 1/4-mile time