Drift Innovation Motorsport S14

Some of you may have been following this build on Facebook but I'v been meaning to post it up here too!

This is Gary Mahony's S14, which we fully rebuilt during 2012 with alot of changes.. The development and
improvements are on-going with this car as with the sport itself, and we use this car to show our capabilities and
craftsmanship at Drift Innovation Motorsport.

The build on Facebook - DI Motorsport S14

So this is Gary's S14 after the 2011 Prodrift season before we started the tear down!

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Taking it right down to a bare shell
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Front cut for larger wheel tubs
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Bob started on the driver-side wheel tub
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Driver-side complete
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Passenger-side complete
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Tunnel and bulkhead cut to make room for the RB25 box
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This size of a tunnel allowed us to move the engine, box, rad and intercooler
2 inches back, helping with weight distribution and protecting the intercooler!
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Bob started on the new tunnel
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Tunnel complete!
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Tunnel and front wheel tubs complete
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Making brackets for the rad and intercooler
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Bob welding the brackets in
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Some brackets i made to secure the rad and intercooler from the top
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Welded in place
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Our Dummy SR20 Engine in, with the rad and intercooler all bolted up
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Cutting the rear arches for more clearance
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Rear arches complete
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Next i started making some brackets to secure the new boot floor
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Bent at right angles
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And cut into individual brackets
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Then we started making floor mounts for Gary's seat rail.. Gary's a tall guy so
his seat bolts directly to the floor!
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Welded in
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We then started fitting the over-fenders, squeezed to a little over 50mm
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Bob doing some trimming to allow more wheel clearance
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Welding some gussets in to tie the cage to the chassis some more
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Next up we made our own hydraulic handbrake
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After giving it some thought, we changed the round bar connecting the lever
to the cylinder to a square bar for added strength!

The modified Subframe and Engine Mounts Bob made
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All fabrication finished and the shell fully sealed, ready for paint at MG Crash Repairs
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The engine building room where Bob will be building the Forged SR20 Engine for our S14
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Lapping the valves in
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All the bits ready for assembly
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The Pistons, Rod's, Crank, Pulley, Flywheel and Clutch were all balanced together
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Freshly bored, honed and decked block ready to be built
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand finished!!
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And back from paint!! We were delighted with the colour, its a certain Grey colour I'v wanted to
spray my own car for a long time and mixed with the Purple interior Gary wanted, it looks
very well in the flesh! Big shout out to Mark at MG Crash Repairs for the amazing job!

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Next task was the wiring, here is the switch panel and fuse board Bob made
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And I stared putting the rear suspension back in
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Rear wiring loom for the fuel pump and rear lights
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Modified Gearbox Mount
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And a lick of paint!
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We now have the built engine and box sitting in
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Bob started making up a new exhaust
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Starting to come together now!
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Attention to detail is key!!
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We then made some knew Steering Knuckles
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To aid cooling we came up with a Front Ducting System
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Bumper fits perfectly over the Front Duct
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And to shed more weight we replaced all glass with Polycarbonate
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Bob made Window Frames to keep the Polycarbonate in the doors rigid
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We cut the doors out saving a huge amount of weight and I came up with a
simple yet effective way of replacing the inside door handle
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Brake Bias Adjuster to help with left foot braking and warming tyres
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Hydraulic Handbrake lines going in
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Bob making a battery box
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We ran the rear wiring loom behind the sill to protect the loom
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Interior shaping up
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Passenger Seat Rails Bob made
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Here's the Front Crash Bar / Bumper support bar we made
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Making a Tow Strap and fixing it to the Crash Bar
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Some grip for the front!
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We made our own version of 'Smart Strings' Alignment System as Steering and
Suspension Setup is a big part of what we do!
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On the front
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And on the rear
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And the car on the tables ready for me to set it up for testing the next day in Mondello
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And here's some of the only shots I found of the car in Mondello at the Prodrift Final's..
Unfortunately in these shots its only running 17x7j's on the rear for the first few runs so
Gary can get used to the changes from last year, especially the higher level of grip
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The car isnt fully complete, we're waiting on wider front wings, wheel change/colour change
and some sort of rear wing/spoiler in the next few weeks! Thanks for reading!

now thats a build to be proud of, well done lads awesome stuff

this car is incredible, the quality of the work from jay and all of the DI motorsport is amazing, hopefully the Shadow14 will take a trip to them shortly for some work :)

Was checking her out in Mondello....savage job lads, fairplay :)

That work is amazing! The attention to detail u have is amazing! How did u go about makin the smart strings if ya don't mind me asking?