Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
1/21/25 2:00 p.m.

Definitely gets a +1 for creativity.

 

Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter)
Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
1/21/25 2:33 p.m.

That is awesome, even if you have to go to instaE36 M3 to see it

j_tso
j_tso SuperDork
1/21/25 2:43 p.m.

these EV conversions are getting out of hand.

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
1/21/25 2:53 p.m.

I've used the starter to bump a manual trans car out of the way of things, this is taking it to extremes!

theruleslawyer
theruleslawyer HalfDork
1/21/25 4:50 p.m.

The sad thing is the drill probably has more torque than the original engine.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/21/25 8:47 p.m.

Using the Instagram logo to move a car is innovative.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
1/22/25 6:40 a.m.
Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) said:

That is awesome, even if you have to go to instaE36 M3 to see it

I clicked on the picture and was able to see the video without leaving this site.  It appears you have one chance to see it, then you have to go to Instagram to watch in order to watch it a second time.

triumph7
triumph7 Dork
1/22/25 9:21 a.m.

I wonder what the range is.

tomtomgt356 (Tommy)
tomtomgt356 (Tommy) GRM+ Memberand Reader
1/22/25 2:17 p.m.

In reply to triumph7 :

How many spare batteries do you have?

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
1/22/25 2:45 p.m.

Just because I was curious:

The internet says that the average electric drill is good for 200-700 lb.-in. of torque, or about 16.7-58.3 lb.-ft. of torque assuming my conversion is at least slightly correct.

And assuming the car in question is a VA WRX, then the factory torque output is 258 lb.-ft.

So, the drill is at least 200 torques off.

TravisTheHuman
TravisTheHuman MegaDork
1/22/25 4:19 p.m.
theruleslawyer
theruleslawyer HalfDork
1/22/25 5:07 p.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

Depends if it is an impact or not. My weakest one is about 200lb/ft and the highest is about 1000 lb/ft, though from what I can see of it, it would be a mid torque model at best.

 

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