The Subaru WRX has always needed a dash more style, and the do-it-yourself carmakers at Factory Five are looking to accomplish a lot more than that with their new mid-engine, rear-wheel drive 818.

A converted 818 kit car that normally houses Subaru WRX components, now equipped with a Tesla P85 rear-wheel drive unit, has become one of the quickest EVs, achieving a 10.155 seconds @ 126.37 mph ...

An electric kit car with dual Tesla motors has run a quarter-mile in an impressive 9.3 seconds — making it one of the fastest Tesla-powered cars ever. Over the last few years, we have been ...

Tapp Auto installed the Tesla RWD drive unit and Volt packs in a Factory Five 818 kit car. Eurodyne built custom software to control the powertrain. Advertisement - scroll for more content.

U-turn • 818 kit car. Tesla-Powered Kit Car Becomes a 9-Second 129 MPH Drag Racer. Published: 18 Sep 2017, 16:17 UTC • By: Vlad Mitrache. 1 photo. Photo: YouTube screenshot.

Cobras, Cobras, And Cool Kit Cars, Factory Five’s Surfside Car Show. Mark Gearhart Writer May 09, 2017. ... Type 65s and 818 kit cars on the premises. 0:00 / 0:00. See All 59 Photos. Share.

The ingenuity of those who want to go fast is something to be admired. Take, for example, one plucky company that combined Factory Five's 818C kit car with powertrain components from both a Tesla ...

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Let's use a recent email from one of our Cooley on Cars viewers, KC in Cincinnati, who wants to build an EV. He's looking at a Factory Five 818, a kit car that is sort of a cross between a Lotus ...

U-turn • 818 kit car. Tesla-Powered Kit Car Is Seriously Fast, Destroys 911, Runs 1/4 Mile in 10.1. Published: 3 Oct 2016, 15:55 UTC • By: Vlad Mitrache. 5 photos. Photo: YouTube screenshot.