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by bitMuse
Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:54 am
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 640
Views: 139073

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking

Good question! I moved across the country before I could get them made. Essentially the problem I ran into is I need them machined as I lack the tooling. I contacted a couple places but they never got back to me. I started looking into sintering services, and theeeeeen I moved across the US. Now I h...
by bitMuse
Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 640
Views: 139073

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking

Interesting method of switching two phases! We are looking at converting our race car to AWD and one option we looked at was to run a front M3 Induction Motor in reverse. Our solution for that option was to mount the inverter remotely and swap two of the cables, but your solution preserves the stoc...
by bitMuse
Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 640
Views: 139073

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking

Yep. There's no OI solution though and like you mentioned there's the firmware limit in Tesla's firmware.

Should work really great here with the switched phases, motor will run backwards and think it's running forwards. 'Reverse' at no limit. 8-)
by bitMuse
Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:55 pm
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 640
Views: 139073

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking

This is a different type of hacking, but unlike many others in this thread who have come, said a thing, and then vanished forever, I have gotten quite a bit further. I'm exploring the boundaries of what can be done with hardware alone. While I have the motor spinning normally using an off the shelf ...
by bitMuse
Thu Mar 09, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 640
Views: 139073

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking

It should have occurred to me to check the wiki. Doh.

Thanks for the polite response.
by bitMuse
Thu Mar 09, 2023 3:45 pm
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 640
Views: 139073

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking

Hey all, I went back through the thread and could only find the main inverter connector. (Speaking of which you can order all of it through BMotorsports ( https://www.bmotorsports.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/5526 ) including the pins and plugs. Do we have the connectors for the resolver co...