Tesla Converted 500hp Honda S2000 -- All-Electric! 

It’s ultra dope to see people do new shit anyways. But totally agree i wanna see this things bottom and it rip

100% agree with you! The Build bio is Awesome but just needs that driving experience or just a ride along. Would really bring the builds to life!

What’s an S2000 without hearing it revving at 9000 rpm’s ??

All you going to see is a huge battery pack, and suspension.

Agreed

THIS

The lift is a must have

So basically bring back Nads

Gotta love challenge when build something totally different from others

Man, it BLOWS my mind when I see people from back in my honda days doing stuff like this. I remember riding in your CRX at buttonwillow way back (K20 swap), and also giving you rides in my EG hatch, and hanging out with the guys from hybrids.jp. Super congrats to you! So glad you kept chasing the dream, and have come far with your business. your builds are always amazing and super clean. hope to see ya around again sometime!

Dope stuff!! I’ve thought about converting my 98 Subaru Impreza rs. Thought it was to small but seeing this makes it seem totally possible! Much respect on your skill and passion!

I really appreciate Ron's analogy of being in the Wild West and when he mentioned the similarities in "tuning". I'll always want a big, rumbling V8 or sick, inline with a turbo, but you can still geek out with an EV and customize it on the same level. Really dig the craftsmanship and quality of the build. I hope to see it shred the yard. 🤙😎

Engineer in HV batteries here. Seeing the tuning market taking this up and running with new tech like this is wild, and great to see. The quality of workmanship is top notch as well and the fact you pushed yourself out your confort zone and develop this from nowhere is great to see and keeping an open mind to develop the knowledge, your skill set will be in high demand. It's also kinda funny as i raced RC cars back in the late 90's / early 00's and the knowledge i gained from there helps here, just it's all supersized. Just copied over from the main comment feed.

Right

ain't no one trying to see a tesla test drive, would've been the most boring thing ever

@@wcovey25 speak for yourself. EVs instantly ripping and tires screaming is pretty great.

@@Lavasioth Bisimoto + EV West shredding = fffuuuuccckkk. I love the ridiculous pink porsche + bisi's attitude.

@@wcovey25 This a Tesla, nerd?

Fr i forwarded video to end...no drive...dislike

I scrolled looking for this exact comment.

@@CHIPZ711500 me too. Im hoping he took the stickers off before he drove it and they were just there for marketing lol

yeah what the hell...

And no lift shots!

u have to asume it has to do something the crazy permitting of LA. to film anything within miles of 'la you basically have to have the money of a movie studio or be willing to take the chance geting fined.

Probably shitbox that have alot of bugs and problems since its Tesla system lol

im sure you were really excited to hear how it sounds and how fast he can go from 20 to 80 and then jab on the brakes, thats all these evs are good for

they wont. its only for display. look at the windshield.

@@wcovey25 so they are good for 99% of driving got it 😂😂😂

@@Jasta315 you don't understand. your like the 99.9% of normal people who think that sounds great. I drive my cars to have fun to smile, driving this wouldn't do that for me like a gas, manual transmission car would. ev owners don't value that though which is why you commented that and didn't understand where I was coming from

Lmao!

Had a yorkshire tea advert pop up before the show began! 🤣

Not being a douche, but the phrase is "not my cup of tea" 😉

@@carpNcoffee Thanks for the correction mate

Or like the Livewire turbine whine?

Yessss! I cannot see that being a difficult thing but unless it is something in production it would be expensive

@@OvAeons harley actually engineered their sound because they didn't want something quiet. You might be able to find reading material on how they did it

Where is he?

And don't get me Twisted, I love regular JDM Cars as much as the next 12 year old. All I'm just saying is it's not mature to hate on a new part of car culture just because it's not up to your liking. I'm not saying that you can't just like it I'm just saying that maybe give it a chance before you completely hate on it?

Most of those haters, probably don't even realize how the fuel for their ice cars uses water electricity and cobalt just to refine it. And how their ice vehicle's also require multiple electric motors and a battery in order to function. That's right no batteries, no electric motors, no electricity equals no ice vehicle's either. 😎 And many more are just salty that silent and sleek sedans are now kicking their noisy cars butts with no drama at the strip&on the st to. 😀

@@4literv6 Ok hold up, lemme say something here.. I’m not feeling sick about the thought of electrical parts and currents playing into the performance of my Infiniti G37x..it just plays the part in how my car performs, and that’s cool. So yes, all cars have electricity built into them, infused into the fuel and whatnot, that’s just our modern technological innovations in the past years. Nice, idk why you make it sound like we are oblivious to the fact our cars live with electricity already, it’s just not the main point of the ENTIRE focus in an ICE car. Moving on, I think most of the haters here, are either…hating because it’s electric, (easy to see why, they swapped out one of the most legendary, and best performing and sounding Honda engines in recent past with a battery), or just dislike something this sacrilegious being done to a legend from Honda’s performance history. They have a right to feel a bit offended by this, don’t hate them for it, people are obliged to feel a certain way about certain things. It’s when the conversation gets toxic and personal is when things really get dumb. But tbh I don’t think most of the people disliking this car are “haters” per se, I just think they are passionate about the legendary heart that contributed to this car being so historical. And one last thing. I don’t care. People really shouldn’t care how quick a car is on a 1/4, 1/2 mile, or on the street. It’s infantile in my opinion. But I do prefer track-racing, cornering, aerodynamics, etc, so my opinion is kinda swayed. I just feel it’s un-right to point and laugh about one tiny unrealistic (and mostly un-useable) feat electric cars beat ICE cars in. Yes, they are quick, but can they do anything else besides? That’s the stuff I care about. Sorry I was in the mood for a long comment spiel. 😅 (Edit) : BTW, I’m neutral towards EVs, don’t hate them, don’t love them. They’re alright, I still prefer the sound of a roaring VQ in my life, and that’s alright too. I do stand with the OC on the fact we should embrace new ideas in the car culture, so don’t take my rant as a sort of attack based on me understanding and siding with the passionate commenters in this video’s comment section. All cars should be appreciated for what they are in my opinion. 👍🏾

@@piercewright1567 you do know the fastest cars up pikes peak are now all evs right? You do know that evs have the Goodwood festival hill climb records? You do know the fastest accelerating st legal production cars are all ev now being a 4dr sedan, a 6 passenger SUV and a hyper car. Randy pobst wheeled a stock tesla plaid to a top 3 time at Laguna seca(and pobst holds just about all the top time's there Then he out ran the newest m5 and Cadillac Blackwood around willow springs raceway late last year in another stock plaid. The top ev time at the nurburgring is owned by the plaid model s. A tesla model y with just bolt on suspension, wheels and brake upgrades out ran a Porsche gt3 driven by Sasha from mountain pass performance last year. That's right his wife's model y with non slick tires and fully st legal out ran full on track car's. And the model y doesn't have a track mode yet either. Evs have better weight distribution generally speaking. Better polar moment of inertia. And can be corner balanced easier. All things good for track day's. Rant over. And thanks for explaining your perspective. 👍🏻

@@4literv6 Didn’t have note of all of those records, but thanks for the lesson, learned some new record info. 😆 Yeah, I know EVs are highly competitive on track, Randy Pobst’s Laguna Seca run said that enough. The only real issue EVs had in terms of track perimeters was handling, weight, body transfer, etc; engineer all those niggles out of the equation and the competitiveness tends to show itself. Evolution was inevitable for EVs to surpass ICEs, if there is one thing wrong with a car, someone is going to do something to counteract that fault. It’s how petrol cars got better in every iteration after the Benz Patent-Motorwagen if you think about it. Still though, I tend to prefer the more “alive” feeling a petrol car gives, whether road or track. Gear-changes, running up the rev-range, and feeling out the engine’s performance. I’m basically repeating what Jason Cammisa summarized in his video with the CT5-V, F90 M5 CS, and the Plaid. Sure, the Plaid killed both the other cars by a landslide; but in my honest opinion, show up to a track in a CT5-V lined up next to a Plaid..who cares if the CT5-V is slower. The CT5-V looks like an absolute hoot, and sounds amazing. Guarantee petrol cars will produce more smiles-per-hour than any EV, whether Super Saloon v Super Saloon, or Hypercar v Hypercar. Don’t take that to heart plz lol. But for anyone who doesn’t care about all mushy stuff that and just wants all out dominance and sacrifice the feel of a living automobile, sure an EV fits that bill. Everyone has their preferences. I still appreciate EVs, I think they’re unreasonably quick lmao, and I can see why we have them now, but for as long as i’m legally allowed too, i’m going to be driving my lovely G37 for as long as I live, and any other car I obtain along the way. One or a few people can’t cause the destruction of the entire planet. 👋🏾

Just gotta tune the controller lol

Those vs these it or it didnt happen 🤣🤣😎😎

I prefer this over those super modified racing s2000s. Looks very clean and like something honda themselves would have released

Yes, part of the problem is with the Honda S2000 design itself. It's a hard vehicle to work with.

@@amazin7006 exactly, it looks really similar to what the s2000 would have looked like if Honda had produced an electric version

@@amazin7006 are you fucking blind 🤮🤮🤮

But why don't you like EVs?

@@Dr.Spatula Same reason most people dont... they arent that exciting to watch no matter how fast they are.

@@jono6379 you base your opinion of a car on how exciting it looks and not how it drives? Seems silly

@@Dr.Spatula I am here on youtube to be entertained arent you?

@@jono6379 my interest in cars is less about how they look when they perform and more about how they actually are performing. Most motorsports are only flashy when something terrible is happening

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of such a perfect analogy. You hit the nail on the head

Synchronized swimming, golf, chess - boring at face value, incredible when you know where to look, but nowhere near as visceral as everything else. Honestly, that's okay. Variety is the spice of life, and tbh if everything was a Hellcat that'd get boring too.

Like he said, a high powered golfcart

Good luck with state inspection gas guzzler.

The shame about this build is the fact it doesn't have the original screaming vtec, yes this new build will be an absolute rocket and will obliterate an original performance wise, but such a shame that beautiful vtec got ditched. Seems like such a waste. Hopefully it got used in something else

All those contingency stickers on the windshield remind me of Talladega Nights out takes. I understand why they are there but also speak to it not really meant to drive

Was hoping to see some quiet burnies. :(

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-adVuuilJGMI.html not the same but another s2000 electric

yeah its hard to see this and think about the future of modifying cars. Yes all the work on this is great, but it's not interesting or exciting for me. I don't know if I'm just a gas butthurt or what but I'm with you on not being excited about seeing more and more ev builds as time moves on

Sadly we must enjoy this otherwise car culture could disappear. That's that or nothing. In the other hand, that's an opportunity to make something original!

I just bought an s2k and I was thinking this car literally takes away all the things I like about it lol

Do you think he knows where his towel is?

There needs to be more shops like ev west that are willing to do the conversion. Ya just bring em a shell then talk goals and budget

There's a guy up here in Canada putting 500 horsepower electric motors into old school muscle cars.. he bought some right up to the four-speed Muncie transmission.. they are some of the fastest cars I've ever seen.. Webb motor works..

A build like this is easily 60k and above

They are stupid expensive to build as well 😅

Yea but do you think doing something custom like this build was any cheaper 😂

Read my damn mind

They will not Tell. If you read the weight and understand something about sportscars and S2000 you would imediatly know they ruined the car. I would say somthing around 500kg (1100lbs) more than the Standart S2000. That's the everage extra wright for EVS...

why would an ev owner talk about that when they can talk about their custom wheels, fenders and interior for 5 minutes, this was a useless car interview that basically just pissed me off and reassured my assumptions about ev owners

@@wcovey25 lol have you never watched build biology before? This show is about the nerdy details not about the driving experience. No different than when they did this show with ICE cars

@@jono6379 yes I have. point is theres nothing to talk about on this car because it's all in a box and he has no idea how it works

@@wcovey25 You and i must have watched different videos then because i found it all rather interesting. I suppose you dont watch creators like james bruton or any rc videos because its all hidden in a box too.

@@jono6379 yah I don't my favorites are jimmy oakes and chris rudnik

If I found a nice car with a dead engine, I wouldn't say "no" to electrifying it. I don't mind restomodding in some octane heresy if it means keeping a rare beast out of the junkyard. If the engine still worked okay, though, I'd leave it.

My man looked so short during the whole video 😂

no point in driving it you already know what it does and how it sounds, you just jab the pussy pedal over and over again to show off the acceleration and then sit there in silence duh

Stay mad

Facts!!!

Teslas aren't bad, its the smug people behind the steering wheel. They look like shit too

Why do you hate it? What is wrong with people buying what they want?

@@ivanweapon1196 right, but every car community is the same to other car communities. Look at lifted truck people, diesel truck people, import, classics etc.

Found the answer: "The battery pack is rated at 38 kWh, which is capable of providing a driving range of 100-120 miles (when not driven like a Honda S2000!)." I think with regular driving, you could get 5mi/kwH or ~190 miles.

Nah, even a Miata has to be ICE, with the Manual and all.

@@hasangenc2922 true looool

@@Deeveeaar i mean i don't care if a Miata is fast, they are slow and still toooons of fun.

@@hasangenc2922 Oh yes i agree! Nothing more fun then manual and combustion engine sound :D

@@Deeveeaar fax. That obvious 'bUt eLeCtRic iS fAsTeR' argument is completely worthless anyway, since Miatas and S2000s both were never built as straight line machines.

Is that good or bad cuz it's a bad ass looking car

@@kamakazecrxsi85 definitely bad, it looks like an early 2000's ugly hot wheels reinterpretation of an s2000

@@kamakazecrxsi85 it’s bad ass my guy😂

@@S2KCYA you’re mom bro idk why you’re asking when I said the cars rank lookin

@@S2KCYA a Honda s2000 no joke that's why this was recommended to me