{"id":56106,"date":"2020-05-21T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56106"},"modified":"2020-05-20T23:19:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T04:19:31","slug":"1972-plymouth-satellite-with-a-tesla-model-s-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56106","title":{"rendered":"1972 Plymouth Satellite with a Tesla Model S Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1972-Plymouth-Satellite-with-a-Tesla-Model-S-Motor-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=56122\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1972-Plymouth-Satellite-with-a-Tesla-Model-S-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1972 Plymouth Satellite with a Tesla Model S Motor 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1972 Plymouth Satellite with a Tesla Model S Motor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1972-Plymouth-Satellite-with-a-Tesla-Model-S-Motor-01.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1972-Plymouth-Satellite-with-a-Tesla-Model-S-Motor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1972 Plymouth Satellite with a Tesla Model S Motor\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1972-Plymouth-Satellite-with-a-Tesla-Model-S-Motor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1972-Plymouth-Satellite-with-a-Tesla-Model-S-Motor-01.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1972-Plymouth-Satellite-with-a-Tesla-Model-S-Motor-01.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/plymouth_electrollite\/\">Kevin Erickson<\/a> is building 1972 Plymouth Satellite called &#8220;Electrollite&#8221; with a Tesla Model S Ludicrous electric motor. The motor will be powered by a 100 kWh Tesla battery pack split into 12 modules in front and four modules in back. The car rides on a <a href=\"https:\/\/gerstsuspensions.com\/\">Gerst<\/a> tubular front suspension with an <a href=\"https:\/\/epasperformance.com\/products\/mopar-b-body\">EPAS Performance<\/a> electric power steering, custom pushrod rear suspension, and Viking double-adjustable coilovers. Follow the project&#8217;s progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfQxydpbluUY86Bngtd_fFA\">Kevin&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_MRAhjy8wT8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7JsCwIeDe5Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/6wl6COGudQY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WKNoRAM8VM0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BrYaXmxZ75Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gpR-EhNf5C8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfQxydpbluUY86Bngtd_fFA\">Kevin Erickson<\/a> via Piotr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Erickson is building 1972 Plymouth Satellite called &#8220;Electrollite&#8221; with a Tesla Model S Ludicrous electric motor. The motor will be powered by a 100 kWh Tesla battery pack split into 12 modules in front and four modules in back. The car rides on a Gerst tubular front suspension with an EPAS Performance electric power&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56106\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1972 Plymouth Satellite with a Tesla Model S Motor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[984],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-satellite"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74468,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=74468","url_meta":{"origin":56106,"position":0},"title":"1972 Plymouth Satellite with a Tesla Model S Motor Update","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Kevin Erickson has made a lot of progress on his \"Electrollite\" project since we shared the project last year. 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