fuckin love it!!!!....will this be in the first round of pd this year??......or will you be in greener pastures!!:D
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fuckin love it!!!!....will this be in the first round of pd this year??......or will you be in greener pastures!!:D
No it def wont be at round 1 but we'll see how the PD schedule lines up after that
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Back once again and our Falken Tires have arrived for testing! It feels pretty good to be at this stage as we know we're getting close to finally driving this beast
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We are also at the stage of getting the aero fitted. Our Work Meister S1s' are gone for powder coating but we have kept one behind for mocking up the aero fitment.
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All the aero parts are produced by us and available at www.mcnsport.com. The N3 aero kit is making this one of the widest AE86's in the world.
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And man it is wide! The larger rear spoiler will suit the car much better than the regular spoiler because of how extreme and wide the car has become.
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Crazy wide! I can't wait to get this out in the daylight and admire the stance.
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The quarter windows are polycarbonate and have three ducts per side to take air to the rear mounted radiator during forward motion. The three vertical slots that are marked out but not cut are for taking in air when the car is sideways.
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Here I am trying to get the roof in place for Paddy's pics. He caught me out with that one !
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With the rear spoiler removed you can see how the GT Wing mounts. The spoiler will be slotted and place over the mount so the wing stays come neatly out of the spoiler with no visable mounts.
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The wing should be plenty wide enough to compliment the N3 aero.
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And here we have a shot of Paddy's camera bag complete with handy pockets for stickers, lenses etc LOL
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Here is the bonnet / hood we are using and the FRP door in place.
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This is a shot without the N3 overfenders on ...
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... and here we are with them in place. This car will have a lot of presence.
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Oh Lord, can someone from Need for Speed please call and tidy up as we dont have time !?
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It had to be Work Meisters for me on this project. They are such a timeless wheel and look great on old skool as well as modern machines.
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Got lock ?
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You can see why the custom A arms had to be made, even with the tension rod moved inwards the wheel still gets very close.
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Right well that is it for another update. I don't know where we will be when we update you again, but hopefully we will be making noise ...
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D-Mac
can weight to see this yoke going flat out sideways good build man
i dont even have any words to describe this unreal work cars is a pure credit to all involved take a bow chaps;)
Seen this today in the flesh up to date with pics you guys have just seen.
Apologies as I don't have the words to describe this thing.
Ive seen quite a few builds in the past but NEVER before like this.
Watch this space. ;)
Wez
Yeah thats a fact, being around the garage working on the FC it's amazing to see the amount of work that's going into this car, with almost everything being bespoke. Its going to be some machine when its finished!Quote:
Originally Posted by wezwkd
The size of them child bearing hips on her!!! only messing looks great! hear its keeping you a busy man!
Man this isnt a car. its a piece of engineering!!! lol classs i want it
Really wanna see this with the full kit on it and sitting on the ground, should look mad as fuck!
Thanks for all the comments guys and gal (missmale) wont be long now until were brapping:D
what a wicked build cant wait to see finishing art
WOW Amazing looking,hard to think of words to describe it,its just savage
Looks wicked looking - really looking forward to seeing it up close and personal.
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Welcome to update number eight of our crazy AE86 project! This time we are not just going to look at the new details on the build, but we are also going to take a look at the finished product via Shift2 Unleashed. I love this first pic from Paddy, it captures the real presence that the car seems to have around the shop, it seems no one can pass by without doing a double take.
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And so to the in-game car parked here at the famous Eau Rouge at the Spa Francorchamps circuit. It's so cool for me to be able to see the finished product so early in the build, normally all the images are in my head. The timeline for this project was very tight and we did not have the luxury of a long schedule like Vaughn's RTR-X project. The car does differ slightly from the real world version as it has developed and we have problem solved. The main development was me completely wrecking the car at a Prodrift event and being left with two options:
1: Throw away the chassis or 2: to remove an awful lot of metal and built something crazy. So here we will also cover some of the differences between the in game D-Mac86 and the real world D-Mac86 and the reasoning behind them.
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This looks so cool! One of the main differences is the front bumper. The N2 aero is designed to work with stock bumpers, in this case a Sprinter Trueno Zenki bumper. This bumper was designed to keep a normally aspirated 4AGE and its radiator cool but as the 13B Turbo will produce so much more heat and have an intercooler we demanded much more air flow than the Trueno Zenki bumper could provide. What we are using is only an update away ...
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Here is a better, if fly spattered, view of the bumper. I wonder if I will ever get to drive it down the straight in Irwindale? (This car is NOT for Formula D) I just recently returned from Electronic Arts in Vancouver, Canada where I took on ALMS driver Tommy Milner in an Autolog battle and played the game as much as I could. I of course took the D-Mac86 to drift at Irwindale as well as the infamous Ebisu. It would be amazing to be able to take the real car to America and Japan sometime.
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Okay, so back to the real world and back to MCNSPORT.com HQ
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Getting the car on the ground was a big milestone and so was getting our Work Meisters back from powder coating, now in a stealthy satin black finish.
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A lot of bits and bobs have been done to the engine as it gets close to firing up for the first time. Plugs, plug leads, coils, fuel lines, fuel pressure regulator, K&N oil filter and screamer pipe have now all been fitted.
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For the brakes, we plan to do a brake upgrade on the real car once we get it running as we are expecting it to be quiet fast. Power to weight ratio is looking pretty impressive from the corner weight figures we have.
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The biggest difference in the two cars is at the rear and anyone who has been following the build will know why ...
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... the rear mounted radiator. Because of this modification to gain the best possible weight distribution, a few things had to be different to any AE86 we have seen before. We needed to get air to the radiator so we decide to make a custom roof and quarter windows. Another thing I wanted to do was make the rear end more crash proof, as lets face it drift cars are meant to hit/rub/scrape things with the rear. So our collapsible bumper bar is now in place holding the FRP rear end on and it's all easily replaceable if and when we take it all off.
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The rear Falken tyres are absolutely massive at 275/40/17. They look huge on the small '86 chassis!
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Our rear ride height is now set and we will start to locate our axle links for the geometry we require very soon. Another question mark I had was would I be able to run the exhaust out the rear or would I have to turn it down underneath the car. Well it looks like we can get it out the rear bumper so I'm looking forward to some pictures with big rotary flames from Paddy. One of the coolest things of the in-game car is the rotary sound. It sounds like a real bridgeport and pops and bangs on the overrun when you lift off the throttle. It really shows the attention to detail that has gone into this game and my hat goes off to all the NFS crew.
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This is definitely filling the arch!
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And so on to the front suspension where we have spent most of our time lately. Here is the final steering angle we have ended up with.
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Here is how it looks from the front. Another addition from the last update is our front support bars. They are made from a very light material so that if the unthinkable happens they will collapse instead of moving the strut top out of line. Then the front tube extension can be cut off and replaced with a new one. The other purpose of the front support bars is to act as support for the front wing/fender and headlight covers as well as mounting the front bonnet/hood pins.
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The change in front steering ackerman angle and the amount of steering angle have caused problems with the trailing or outside wheel. It is now turning so much the tension rod had to be moved and we now have to make four lock stops for this car (two per wheel) as it is trying to kick or go over centre which is rare on a front steer steering rack
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That's me and my Dad looking on as Paddy does his thing. Very little work left to do in the cockpit now. Biggest job is the line lock for holding the front brakes to allow us to warm the rears without putting excess stress on the car.
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The rear polycarbonate screen has been installed and the TRS harness is now ready to keep me strapped in.
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My dream '86 is so close to becoming a reality now, I expect real life driving shots like this one in two weeks time! Except without the working headlights :-)
The visuals in Shift2 Unleashed are just amazing aren't they?
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Most cars in computer games are copied from real life vehicles but this time it has been a true collaboration of the virtual and real worlds. We expect the D-Mac86 to take the giant killing hachiroku to a new level, punching way above its weight just like it does in Need for Speed Shift2 Unleashed
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D-Mac
the wheels sprayed black???? noooooo! completly takes away from them, maybe its just in the photos...
Have to agree im afraid, epic build thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Simon
Holy fuck man, you've been busy! That looks fucking class! Dark S1s look cool on the right car, and I'm pretty sure that looks like it'll turn into the right car
ahh fuk it . wheels are cool. but they there not meisters anymore. bad move there darren......! still look badass but the white looked class.. other than that the car is class dude
I dont think its a bad move, when the work stickers and the white pin stripe go on i think it will look much meaner
anyone can have meisters with a white centre and polished lip and anyone can have an 86 but thats not what this project is about
Wow , that 8th update made it all seem real and so close to the end :cool:
yeah i still do like it. but someting really popped with the white rims. but as you said about the stickers. they just look like you cant see the rim there so black.. this is a crazyy build though! haha classQuote:
Originally Posted by D McNamara
Wheels are mean! love the whole project. its a credit.
If I bought a set of meisters the only colour i'd have them in is matt black....
They. Look. Awesome! If you put a small white detail of some sort on them that will be cool too but even as they are they are sexy :)
P.S. the rest of the car looks wicked!
yeah i would like to see the car with the dark rims in person before i make the conclusion! meisters on the Chasers Kieren ?? hmmmmmmmmm
my god this is just unreal fair play lad :cool:
Such an absolutely brilliant build, so much thought, planning and effort gone into it. Looking forward to seeing this out and driving some time. Massive respect for all the work.
Who cares what the colour of the wheels are, the awesomenes of the build overshadows all that for me.
Im not usually a man for black wheels but these are gorgeous under the car in the flesh! Mean wheels for a mean car! :D
same as that not a man for black wheels but im liking this now
need for spreed looks so bad tbh lol
The car looks great! some spare white wheels would be another option but looks good to me anyway! insane lock :):)
Here is some pics and video of the almost finished product
Final build update also due soon
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One lucky passenger
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Tech TV vid
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Car is currently getting the finishing touches for the cover of a very well known UK mag
Banzai????????????????Quote:
Originally Posted by D McNamara
unreal lookin car lad:D
some class work gone into it
best o luck with her:D
Looks amazing dude fair play! Good luck with it!
Amazing car - delighted i was there to video it at the NFS launch
Sound of it is amazing!
F**KIN savage lookin. Like de way der was loads of run off ground at de track. U werent riskin wreckin her just yet. :D:D
The sound truly makes it :D:D:D:D:D
credit to ya seriously one off build :cool:
fuk the noise is unreal lad. fairplay.. hmm im actually warming to the rims now.. i get the hard bold look now. ace.
What is the feedback in terms of handling and power?
Im sure its savage but curious to know. seen the pics and vids but little about how it actually went!