- First Name
- Sasha Anis
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2024
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- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Vehicles
- Rivian R1T, Tesla Model Y, Tesla Model 3
- Occupation
- Owners of Mountain Pass Performance
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Hi everyone,
I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Sasha Anis, and I am the founder of Mountain Pass Performance, based in Toronto Canada. Along with my team, we have become the leading performance aftermarket provider for the Tesla Model 3, with a catalog of performance parts nearly 100 parts long.
We specialize in performance rather than accessories. Some of the bits we offer for Teslas include coilover kits, suspension links, brake upgrades, data loggers, cooling upgrades, and electronic modules that let the car "party" a little bit more
We've had an R1T on order since about 3 minutes after the pre-order portal went live over 5 years ago, and we're so excited to finally have received our truck! Unlike those of you who are US-based, we had to wait a long time here in Toronto for the local service center to be built.
We were so impressed by the build quality and fit and finish of the truck, and it brings back that same passion and excitement we felt when the Model 3 was released. How Rivian was able to get all of the little details right on their first vehicle ever is really something, even if it did take them a LONG time to do it!
A bit more about us - we have a long history in motorsport and are proud to bring that background to the design and validation of our parts. All of the products we develop and produce are designed with function first and are tested and analyzed with real data, not hopes and dreams or marketing fluff. It is our goal with the Rivian to develop a line of functional products that help us (and others) enjoy our trucks more over the many different modes of operation we use these vehicles in!
In addition to building performance parts, we've also performed many EV conversions, and specialize in EV integration and software development. We can't share too much about those projects, but our internal rolling science lab is named "KERS Kels" is generally an example of the sum of our knowledge and experience.
KERS Kels is a hybrid electric 350z, powered by a 530whp naturally aspirated engine and a 170whp formula-e motor. We've developed our own motorsport battery modules in-house, along with all of the software that the vehicle runs on. A single ECU controls the engine, sequential gearbox, high-voltage battery, inverter, and the four-wheel steering system we've developed.
At the time of writing, the car has the "production" car lap record at Laguna Seca, and has won many unlimited Time Attack events, despite not being much of a Time Attack car at all. There are some cool videos of the car on YouTube if you're interested in this sort of thing.
While we know KERS Kels isn't at all related to Rivian, we feel it is in a way because our R1T will be the base of operation for many of our on-track activities. One of the areas we're aiming to improve is our trailer's aerodynamics, and we've already proceeded with some fun and nerdy CFD runs to estimate the kinds of range improvements we can achieve from various trailer modifications to reduce the total drag.
In addition, our on-track experience gives us the knowledge and experience to confidently build parts for the aftermarket in a professional and reliable manner. We're not just throwing ideas at the vehicles we upgrade and hoping for the best!
In the example below, our trailer has been modified with a flat bottom, front 5th wheel style overhang, wheel covers, and rear tail diffuser extensions (the same style you see on some semi-trailers). The total drag reduction was massive in the CFD, in fact, it's too good to even state here without testing because it sounds impossible! The CFD mesh was very simple in these tests, so it may be vastly overestimating the drag reduction.
The products we develop are made in Canada, and machined at our state-of-the-art machine shop in Quebec. We've just added in-house anodizing, and have 5-axis CNCs and a multi-spindle, multi-turret lathe able to churn out parts with incredible efficiency - something that is required when most of our competition does their manufacturing overseas.
We'll slowly start sharing our ideas for the R1T, and we generally like to offer pre-orders along with a healthy discount. This helps us determine what the interest will be like for various products, and since this is a new community to us it will be really helpful for us to get an idea of the sorts of things you all are interested in.
To start with, we have a wheel design we're really excited about that we will be sharing very shortly, and like our Mega Mesh wheel for the Tesla, these wheels will be made by Braid - a wheel manufacturer from Spain with a rich history supplying WRC and Dakar winning off-road machines with wheels that can handle just about anything. Braid did a great job manufacturing our design for the Model 3 and in a few weeks, we will have prototypes of our Rivian wheels to share with you all!
As a side note, we recently finished a road trip, and having nothing better to do on a relatively straight, flat, boring road, we decided to record the truck's efficiency at various speeds. Here is the efficiency plotted out that we were able to achieve in the winter. We'll post this elsewhere on the forum as well!
Metric:
Freedom units:
Thanks for having us, we hope to provide some useful value to the forum and will do our best to keep the salesmanship to a minimum!
Sasha Anis
MountainPassPerformance.com
I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Sasha Anis, and I am the founder of Mountain Pass Performance, based in Toronto Canada. Along with my team, we have become the leading performance aftermarket provider for the Tesla Model 3, with a catalog of performance parts nearly 100 parts long.
We specialize in performance rather than accessories. Some of the bits we offer for Teslas include coilover kits, suspension links, brake upgrades, data loggers, cooling upgrades, and electronic modules that let the car "party" a little bit more
We've had an R1T on order since about 3 minutes after the pre-order portal went live over 5 years ago, and we're so excited to finally have received our truck! Unlike those of you who are US-based, we had to wait a long time here in Toronto for the local service center to be built.
We were so impressed by the build quality and fit and finish of the truck, and it brings back that same passion and excitement we felt when the Model 3 was released. How Rivian was able to get all of the little details right on their first vehicle ever is really something, even if it did take them a LONG time to do it!
A bit more about us - we have a long history in motorsport and are proud to bring that background to the design and validation of our parts. All of the products we develop and produce are designed with function first and are tested and analyzed with real data, not hopes and dreams or marketing fluff. It is our goal with the Rivian to develop a line of functional products that help us (and others) enjoy our trucks more over the many different modes of operation we use these vehicles in!
In addition to building performance parts, we've also performed many EV conversions, and specialize in EV integration and software development. We can't share too much about those projects, but our internal rolling science lab is named "KERS Kels" is generally an example of the sum of our knowledge and experience.
KERS Kels is a hybrid electric 350z, powered by a 530whp naturally aspirated engine and a 170whp formula-e motor. We've developed our own motorsport battery modules in-house, along with all of the software that the vehicle runs on. A single ECU controls the engine, sequential gearbox, high-voltage battery, inverter, and the four-wheel steering system we've developed.
At the time of writing, the car has the "production" car lap record at Laguna Seca, and has won many unlimited Time Attack events, despite not being much of a Time Attack car at all. There are some cool videos of the car on YouTube if you're interested in this sort of thing.
While we know KERS Kels isn't at all related to Rivian, we feel it is in a way because our R1T will be the base of operation for many of our on-track activities. One of the areas we're aiming to improve is our trailer's aerodynamics, and we've already proceeded with some fun and nerdy CFD runs to estimate the kinds of range improvements we can achieve from various trailer modifications to reduce the total drag.
In addition, our on-track experience gives us the knowledge and experience to confidently build parts for the aftermarket in a professional and reliable manner. We're not just throwing ideas at the vehicles we upgrade and hoping for the best!
In the example below, our trailer has been modified with a flat bottom, front 5th wheel style overhang, wheel covers, and rear tail diffuser extensions (the same style you see on some semi-trailers). The total drag reduction was massive in the CFD, in fact, it's too good to even state here without testing because it sounds impossible! The CFD mesh was very simple in these tests, so it may be vastly overestimating the drag reduction.
The products we develop are made in Canada, and machined at our state-of-the-art machine shop in Quebec. We've just added in-house anodizing, and have 5-axis CNCs and a multi-spindle, multi-turret lathe able to churn out parts with incredible efficiency - something that is required when most of our competition does their manufacturing overseas.
We'll slowly start sharing our ideas for the R1T, and we generally like to offer pre-orders along with a healthy discount. This helps us determine what the interest will be like for various products, and since this is a new community to us it will be really helpful for us to get an idea of the sorts of things you all are interested in.
To start with, we have a wheel design we're really excited about that we will be sharing very shortly, and like our Mega Mesh wheel for the Tesla, these wheels will be made by Braid - a wheel manufacturer from Spain with a rich history supplying WRC and Dakar winning off-road machines with wheels that can handle just about anything. Braid did a great job manufacturing our design for the Model 3 and in a few weeks, we will have prototypes of our Rivian wheels to share with you all!
As a side note, we recently finished a road trip, and having nothing better to do on a relatively straight, flat, boring road, we decided to record the truck's efficiency at various speeds. Here is the efficiency plotted out that we were able to achieve in the winter. We'll post this elsewhere on the forum as well!
- R1T Quad Motor
- 21" Wheels, tire pressure 52psi
- -4 deg C air temp
- HVAC off (seat heaters and steering wheel heaters on)
- Conserve mode
- Low or very low ride height (we did not observe a difference)
- Light tail wind (5-7km/h)
- Each data point below represents 10-20km of driving with an equal start and end elevation.
- Cruise control was held at this exact speed for the entire test
- As recorded by the Rivian's trip computer
Metric:
Freedom units:
Thanks for having us, we hope to provide some useful value to the forum and will do our best to keep the salesmanship to a minimum!
Sasha Anis
MountainPassPerformance.com
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