How to make the Tesla Model 3 Performance as FAST as possible 

I switched to the same 18 in rims. Mainly for potholes destroying my 20 in rims. The extra speed is a great perk. Great video

Not many talk about EV performance and battery temp, but it definitely is a thing!! I have a 22' Tesla S Plaid with the OEM 19" wheels. When its cold out out I'll consistently get a 5.4 60-130 mph (per my Dragy) if I do the run right away or first several minutes of driving at 90% SOC (State Of Charge) vs a 4.6 to 4.8 60-130 at 80-85% SOC(yes lower%) with a warm battery. Drag strip mode 100% ready seems to ensure peak performance in the Plaid. Testing results are valid and at same road/location... To an extent, battery temp may even be a bigger factor than SOC. The difference can be felt SOTP as well...

We are glad we are able to help you get the most out of your car, Travis! Very good and informative video! Keep up the good work!

Model 3 drag racing channel recommended your vids. Glad he did, great work! 💪🏽⚡🔋

This video should be part of the introduction/handover from delivery to the Model 3 Performance, as you only get a performance… for the performance and this is good to know!

I need to get mine a full quarter mile run and some track runs. My '23 M3P on a 76% charge, on the street just driving home from work, with no pre conditioning, got a valid dragy 0-60 3.07 (1ft rollout). I let out before the 1/8th clocked in due to lack of straight flat area to stay in throttle but still managed a 1.80 60 ft. Crazy for the street and especially on that charge level. I plan on ditching the uberturbines next year but going 19" as a happy medium between 18 and 20.

The difference is insane between the 18s and 20s. I’ve been using a performance on 18s for about a month. Then I bought my own with 20s and I thought the car was an AWD with the acceleration boost. 18s make the car violent, 20s make it feel 50bhp less! Sucks as I love my 20s, but they are going ASAP!

Nice runs and explanation fellow Model 3 owner! I used to do quite a bit of drag racing til the nearest track eventually stopped allowing EV's and subsequently shut down. Great points and tips in your vid most people don't think about. I personally am Ghost modded so turned my 2018 DM 3 into a Stealth M3P. Went with lightweight TSW Nürburgring 18x8.5 18's and PS4S tires. Also switched to MPP lithium 12v battery to shave another 23 pounds off. With the back seats out, I've managed an 11.33 run around 97% at the strip. At 80k miles though, don't think I'll manage better than that time again due to battery degradation. I'm around 19% loss unfortunately, due to having done hundreds upon hundreds of hard pulls. No regrets though. Maybe I'll get around to getting lighter bucket seats in the front and go for it again at another track but without having charging near that one, it won't be ideal runs. Love to see someone going out to explain things for the community and also sorry about the loss of your son. Hope the best for your recovery from that.

I feel like Tesla should just implement a max performance mode that acheives this without having to route to a supercharger.

probably one of the BEST tutorial

Sat in the brand new Highland Performance 3 last night. Beautiful car and live the front splitter , new spoiler and diffuser. It was blue, white interior, build date 05/02/24 . It was ready for delivery, so they’re hitting the streets. Not sure I am liking those front seats though as they are bolstered tight for driver and passenger. Not as comfy as my old Model 3 Performance. The UI was quicker than old Model 3 though.

Thanks for this awesome detailed video! You just inspired me to try out mine today with dragy. Stock 22 M3P best 1/8th was 7.35 at 95mph on a 80% charge. 0-60 was a 3.25 without rollout. It think the preconditioning definitely helps and I’d never thought of that before 🤔. I’m going to try again with a 95% and see if it improves. Keep up the good work! Look forward to seeing your next times!

You should also change the suspension and lower the car. This helps BIG time.

Excellent information. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent, detailed video! A couple of things I never thought about in here! Subbed!

Fantastic video man, great data, very well done!

My 2020 M3P comes in Monday. I can’t wait.

Thanks Fam, great info.

I wondered why my M3 Performance was a bit lacklustre recently. Will change to 100% and warm up the battery by telling it is time to find a supercharger and take it for a spin.

You can go race car mode. Strip out all glass , seats , truck, doors ,airbags and replace with plexiglass, aluminum or CF panels . Add a roll cage and race seat so you don’t die. Then see how fast it is. If I actually didn’t daily drive my M3P I’d try to turn it into a off road car . Put custom long travel suspension, go wide fenders , roll cage. Maybe 33” tires. Nice strong aftermarket off road CV axles so they don’t break with all that Tq. Do you know how much fun it would be in the dunes or flying across the desert ?

Thanks for your video, learned a lot from it. Went to our local track and was able to do a 11.482 run @ 115.99mph with my 22 Model 3 Performance. I'm running 18" Apex Forged Wheels with 265/40R18 Michelin Pilot 4S Tires. That run was made with 97% charge. Unfortunately seems like track is too far from the closest supercharger so using navigation to the closest wasn't triggering the preconditionning... The larger tires choice might also add some rolling resistance for drag use.

Awesome video, can’t wait to see what my m3p will do here in Aus. Will be sure to note your tips down.

Great info! Big thanks for sharing.

Thanks for all this info! I recently got a Model Y Performance and have always been a drag racer and wanted to try it, I preconditioned, supercharged from 60-100% and got to the track and made a pass at 92% SOC in a completely stock MYP and ran a 11.77 which is as fast as I’ve seen so far. Definitely want to try preconditioning at the track and maybe even try to charge at the track. Definetely want to get some 18-19” wheels as well. I’m only 3h from rockingham so I might make a trip up there to see what I can get it to do.

Great video. Straight to the points.

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting video, well done! 52.4 degrees Celsius is 126.32 F rather than 94 F as mentioned in the video at 3:44. Considering the rear and front motors' efficiencies of ~ 97.5 - 98% and ~95.5 - 96% respectively, with an additional ~5-5.5% loss in the gear box you still have ~89% of the 462 kW (619.5 HP) on the wheels, which is ~ 555 HP. I measured with my OBD LinkLX a combined front and rear power max. output of 438 kW (588 HP) with my Model 3P 2021 model.

The Martian MW03 are 19.1lb, compared to your 22lb Tsport TS5. So you can save a little more weight, for $400 more. Mine are on their way, and I’ll put Pilot Sport All Season 4s on.

When is the delivery date in your Highland Performance 3?

Great video! What kind of front lip is it? I wish to add something like that to my 2023 M3P to look closer to just released new M3P.

Thanks for this video. I thought about doing everything you said, but I figured let me just try to just run the car however it is when I get to the track. I powered braked the launch like I would do to a regular ICE car and ran a 11.539 @ 117 at 78-80% charge with more weight in the car than stock, so you really don't need to have a full charge to run 11.5s. Ran a 11.6 the first pass too at 88 percent charge. Video is not up yet, but I will post it soon. I need to learn how to launch the car though because my best 60' was only a 1.855. I think the best tips in the video are the charge % and lighter wheels.

I'm curious as to the lighter 20" wheels. Vs the lighter 18" wheels. I have Forged 20's on my M3P and they shave approx 100lbs off the weight of the stock wheels. Cost over 8k for that 100lb difference though. LOL

Got 11.78 but got small 7.5x18 Martian Wheels BUT NangKang 215/50x18 (all season, less width and lesser known brand) so I think going with the 1” of now even 1.5” less wide (stock was 8.5” and now 9”) on the forged wheels gets great weight drop.

so 459kw is 615hp.....they must have way under rated the car. good video

also does flooring the tesla 24/7 mess up the battery in the long run or maoe the car slower or no? cuz i’ve been flooring it every day 🤣 someone please get back to me and answer my questions please

Thanks, appreciate the tip!

IF a 20" tire in 235/45 has a diameter of, say, 26", then an 18" 235/45 will be approx 24.5" or 5% smaller and so that would be like going from a 3:70 rear end to a 3:90 or a 3:90 to a 4:11

I don’t understand. You’ve had your car ( Highland Model 3 Performance) for awhile yet no 0-60 nor qtr mile run? Disappointed .😢

I put on the 18” Martian wheels that are fully forged aluminum on my 3P and also picked up some lighter weight rotors (- 4.5 lbs per rotor vs stock rotor) and I need to get around to installing them because the stock brakes suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I’m curious to see what my times will be after installing the light weight rotors. Oh, I also use Raceseng titanium lug nuts too.

I would happily donate for you to get carbon fiber wheels lol This info was excellent.

Do you race without track mode? For me it seems track mode cools too much, as I have to wait a lot between runs.

M3P let’s goooooooo!!!!!

The potential battery wear with excessive charging to 90% seems a bit much for marginal gains. What if you set the Nav to the closest charge point so you could precondition the battery w/o charging then do the run

What’s the best mode to use while at the strip? I use “hold” mode for daily driving, but I think “roll” would be better. Or MAYBE “creep”, but that would require the use of both feet

Its funny because i used to race 1/10th scale awd rc cars in tournaments, and we wouod always run super aggressive discharge / charge cycles on our batteries to give us the most C rating we couke get for our races. We would also always say, i wish they made real life rc cars you can drive. Now they do, and you do the same thing with ghe battery to race them 😂

Why does your front stator say 215c? That's over 400 degrees. No way it's that warm. Are you manipulating the sensor for some sort of advantage?

Thanks for sharing the tips! The best I got with my M3P is 11.43 full stock without any of the tips you have mentioned in your video. Looking forward to trying them on my next drag event. Also I have seen some drivers drop the tire pressure do you think it would be necessary? Thanks

Quick question, I know you mentioned that you're running the Michelin PS4S tires, but what exact sizing are you running? 245/45/18 seem to be closest to the stock overall diameter, but 235/45/18 is what is normally run on 18in wheels for Teslas. Awesome video overall! Super pumped to pick up my Tesla next month and swap the wheels the second I get it haha! Thanks in advance!

Thanks that helps a lot!

Hello, At 1:11 in this video (and in other places) there is a digital speedometer or something??? What is that? I have a 2022 Model 3 Performance and i have no gauges like that. Thanks.

Great numbers! You really have that thing dialed in! What's your best time with full interior?

Excellent video! Why does HP drop so quickly after about 50 MPH? I have noticed on my '22 M3P that it softens a bit at higher speeds but seeing the numbers fall precipitously on the graph really surprised me. Also curious if you have any experience with the Hankook Ion Evo tires. I recently put some on my car and I'm very pleased with them - great traction, very quiet, and the seem to hold up well in the wet. Next time I need to replace tires I'm going with the TS Sport's in 18"...these 20's are a bit much for this car. Love how they look, but you can definitely feel them.

Great Video! What are your thoughts on slip start? Some others recommend turning on slip start when drag racing at the track.

What about removing the mirrors?

I want to add you should switch brakes to roll instead of hold and turn off obstacle aware acceleration.

Why would the wheel diameter matter, when the actual diameter is practically the same? For ex: a setup with 235/45/18 wheel/tire is 26.33 inches in diameter whereas a setup with 235/35/20 wheel/tire is 26.48 inches in diameter. The overall diameter is the same, yet it is mentioned that to achieve the higher performance, it's not just the weight that is a factor, but also rotational mass. Is that mass not identical as I just pointed out or am I somehow calculating the rotational mass wrong? I would assume that overall diameter is all that would matter, so an 18" setup that weighs the same as a 20" setup would yield the same exact result, given that their diameters are almost identical. Can anybody weigh in?

Hi nice video. Did you do a custom paint job on yours? I like the black and white. The website only offers all solid colors

Do you use the slip start on? Wondering what settings you needed as well.

To install those 18” wheels on Performance it’s needed to modify the brake calipers?

Have you came across anything new to add to?

do these teslas have launch control ? why did u stomp on the break before u left off ? does that do anything ? thinking about getting one .

How much do tires affects 0-60? Since it’s AWD I’ve read that the tire grip doesn’t matter as much as the rim size since it’s not traction limited because of the AWD. Would switching from the Michelin PS4S summer tires to a different tire like the stock Primacy MXM4 all weather tire cause a slower 0-60?

Beutiful spec!

hey i just got my tesla model 3 performance. to get the best 1/8th mile time when racing should i charge to 100% and preheat battery and put it in the gps before racing.. i do a lot of 1/8th mile time racing and i’m trying to figure out how to get the fastest time.. i have the 20 inch uber turbine wheels and i don’t plan on changing them so can u give me some tips .. i’m gonna screenshot what u reply and try it at track. thanks man.

@LearningFast can you explain how the S3XY button work to precondition the Tesla without navigating to supercharger? I’m thinking about buying one because I don’t want to stay in the car while it’s preconditioning.

Thanks for sharing! What kind of front lip is that?

Does your car ride better with the 18” T Sportlines? One other thing, tire pressures? Since Model 3P is all wheel drive, have you considered , like most, using higher tire pressures since the car rarely and barely spins on clean dry pavement or asphalt?

What about turbocharging?

Hey great video! Why did u go with the t sport line? I was thinking of getting the 18 konig dekgram There extremely light at like 17 pounds a rim and cheaper the T sport line Also how much range do you think the performance gains going from the 20 inch turbines to 10 pound lighter 18 konigs? Thanks

Thanks for all the great info! How are you plotting the Dyno graph? I have the s3xy buttons but I'm not finding anything like that in the app.

how do i turn off navigation to increase the acceleration

What wheels and tires do you have? I just got my 2023 Model 3 performance a week ago!

All EU models delivered after Q1 (March) 2022 - come with the LG 79Kwh battery which cannot put out the same power levels as the previous Panasonic 82kWh. US models still get the panasonic, but everything out of China Giga Shanghai which delivers all EU bound model 3's, now come with the LG 5L battery. The LG battery maximum power output begins to drop as soon as SOC drops below 100%. It's not dropped by much by 90% SOC but it is down on what the panasonic can do even at 70% SOC. The reason for this is the panasonic has a lot more headroom in it, and it's power output is capped - only when the SOC reaches about 70% does it's output drop start to drop below the power cap. The LG battery has a higher internal resistance, so it's output voltage sags a lot more than the panasonic. Tesla have tried to compensate for this with allowing a higher current output (1250 amps), to try and get the power output (voltage x current) as good as possible - but it is still not able to achieve the power levels of the panasonic. The supercharging speed is also a bit slower (28 vs 25 mins 10-80%), again because of the internal resistance the battery begins to overheat. As a result, without modifications it cannot achieve below 11.7s on the quarter mile, and it's 0-100 is never better than 3.5s (or 0-60 better than 3.3). It's 100-200km/h is also more noticeably slower. My best results, bone stock, completely flat straight road, measured with a dragy, SOC 85-90%, ambient ~12c 0-60 - 3.33s (3.15 1ft) 0-100 - 3.53 (3.33 1ft) 1/4 mile - 11.72 @ 113.74 mph 100-200 - 10.88s Battery was warmed up - not by supercharging, just with a lot of high speed and regen prior to tests.

Your Tire width was fine for traction?

Ever think about putting some drag radials on it?

What rims are those?? and those fit over the performance stock brakes? any shaving?

Have you seen the ESE carbon fiber wheels for the Model 3?

S3XY buttons have just released preconditioning button today. it works well. could do another video with the new feature added 👍

Did it affect the range when going to smaller wheel set?

Is there a specific battery % for best performance? Or does supercharge pre-condition best ?

For those of us without the S3XY buttons, roughly how long should we warm up the batteries by navigating to a supercharger?

I didnt find a video about why rim size is important. If you have smaller rims you wheel diameter get bigger. So the total wheel weight is indeed more important than diameter. Or do you have a smaller wheel diameter than stock? Cause then thr speedo is a little off? Thanks for the detailed video :D

If living in NC, are summer tires okay year round?

I love your #Tesla Video

how do you set the sexy buttons up to see vehicles readings. i have a plaid s (:

Im guessing this applies to the Model YP (getting one soon) wondering if someohow I can do 11.5-7 with precondition

@learningfast How are you using the S3XY app to plot a virtual dyno graph?

You keep saying smaller 18" wheels, while lighter weight wheels/tires does help I assume you also mean the tire diameter is shorter which effectively gives you a lower gearing also.

What's needed for a Model 3 performance to trap 120+ mph?

Has anyone done enough with these mods and other weight reduction like full interior gut to touch 10s?

What about your top speed? I believe the reason Tesla went with bigger rims so that you'll have thinner rubbers thus reducing rotational inertia which is critical at high speeds.

Are there any chips available to unlock more power?

Will you try and lighten up your 3P and run again? Taking out interior parts?! I’m sure you can get into the high 10s!!

How long to charge each time

So the 3,28 seconds is only on a good day?

I'll just tell the guy in the other lane at the traffic light to hang on while I go hit the supercharger. Back in 30 my man. I love my M3P, and the daily performance is good enough for me without damaging my battery by supercharging to 100%.

How about slip start? For fastest acceleration should we turn slip start on?

Should be faster when its lower. Why is it so high ?

Can you glue aero wheel cover on 18" aftermarket? Would help go faster

Always wondering why there is no acceleration boost available yet direct from Tesla. They must have the ability to safely unlock 5-10% more power now. Maybe not