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AMPED UP

put down your beer and take a serious look at EV swaps for performance-oriented hot rod guys. If you haven’t become jealous of the factory 2022 Tesla Plaid that de-pantsed the Big Three with low, low nine-second quarter-mile times using street tires on a mildly prepped racing surface, you should look into it. The Plaid did the deed off the trailer with a Skechers-shod crossover tester behind the wheel—no swaggering Top Fuel pilots or professional drivers were present. You don’t need ’em; going real fast in the Tesla is an exercise in button-pushing and slapping the pedal thingy to

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