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Tesla Model 3 rear subframe/suspension, 3D scanned and reverse engineered
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:31 am
by Ovidiu
Hello everybody, I am working on converting a 1949 Cadillac Sixty Special to electric via a Tesla Model 3 donor car. As part of the initial teardown stages, I took off the rear subframe and the suspension arms and 3D scanned / reverse engineered them in an assembly. I posted the results on Reddit and MattsAwesomeStuff suggested I post it here as well because folks will be interested.
And a little animation of the suspension flex:
P.S. If there's interest in the car build, I can post it as well.
Re: Tesla Model 3 rear subframe/suspension, 3D scanned and reverse engineered
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:23 am
by PoloLbricolo
Super intresting stuff, are you able to share the asembly ?
Re: Tesla Model 3 rear subframe/suspension, 3D scanned and reverse engineered
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:12 pm
by P.S.Mangelsdorf
Ovidiu wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:31 am
P.S. If there's interest in the car build, I can post it as well.
Yes, there is absolutely interest in the build, please post a build thread in Projects
Re: Tesla Model 3 rear subframe/suspension, 3D scanned and reverse engineered
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:37 pm
by vwbrady
Ovidiu wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:31 am
Hello everybody, I am working on converting a 1949 Cadillac Sixty Special to electric via a Tesla Model 3 donor car. As part of the initial teardown stages, I took off the rear subframe and the suspension arms and 3D scanned / reverse engineered them in an assembly. I posted the results on Reddit and MattsAwesomeStuff suggested I post it here as well because folks will be interested.
TM3RearSubframe.jpg
TM3RearSubframeRE.jpg
And a little animation of the suspension flex:
Flex.gif
P.S. If there's interest in the car build, I can post it as well.
that's a lot of reverse engineering work! Thanks for it and for sharing!
Now link us to your Project Thread (
viewforum.php?f=11) so we can follow along
Re: Tesla Model 3 rear subframe/suspension, 3D scanned and reverse engineered
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:15 am
by Ovidiu
P.S.Mangelsdorf wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:12 pm
Yes, there is absolutely interest in the build, please post a build thread in Projects
vwbrady wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:37 pm
that's a lot of reverse engineering work! Thanks for it and for sharing!
Now link us to your Project Thread (
viewforum.php?f=11) so we can follow along
Alright, I posted a new topic here:
viewtopic.php?t=3410
Might take me a few days to catch up with all the progress so far.
PoloLbricolo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:23 am
Super intresting stuff, are you able to share the asembly ?
So I'm not against sharing it, but I won't be posting it publicly for free. I'll gladly give it for free to people doing something good for the community here. PM me if you need it and we can talk.