YouTuber SuperfastMatt has a big project in the works. He plans on taking a 70-year-old Jaguar Mark V and outfitting it with the electric drivetrain from a Tesla Model 3. With this project come a few obstacles, and he details his plan to overcome them, as well as his goals for the rest of the build in the video below.
First up is the motor. The stock 3.5L inline-6 engine in this Jaguar originally made just 125 hp (127 PS / 93 kW). The motor from the Model 3, despite being from the Standard Range Plus model and the least powerful Tesla ever made, still puts out over double the power at 283 hp (287 PS / 211 kW). SuperfastMatt was able to find himself an entire assembled Model 3 subframe, so retrofitting the drivetrain onto the Jaguar shouldn’t be too much of an issue – well, at least for someone who knows what he’s doing.