MCNSPORT: Need for Speed D-Mac 86

Some of you have seen this already but its time to do an official build thread with extra pictures

Here is the press release from Speedhunters
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010...00_mac-86.aspx

Originally this was to be our Prototype ae86 but then Need for Speed came on board and we decided to build something extra special

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We started off with the battered re86....

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And we began to remove bits we deemed unnecessary

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Until we ended up with as much or a little ae86 as possible

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We started by welding up all the holes that would leave tyre smoke or rain water into the cockpit

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Then we fabricated the rear strut bar that will be integrated into the rollcage and also the rear chassis bar

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We then started to position the centre hoop so we could fab the platforms for it to sit on

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We moved to the front then as we had no where to mount our tension rods and anti roll bar so we fabbed a new front chassis section from scratch

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We cant wait to show you more, stay tuned to www.speedhunters.com for the latest build updates

Darren

Sweet some serious fabbing going on!:D

Love all the fabrication that's going into this :D

serious welding!

there is hardly anything left of the car :D:D

that's alot of work! cant wait to see it finished tho :D

this is going to be the lightest drift car compeating
best of luck with the build.
any idea of what it weighs??

this is going to be an epic build im keeping an eye on this thread

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Originally Posted by Drift_sil80

this is going to be the lightest drift car compeating
best of luck with the build.
any idea of what it weighs??

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I cant think of the exact figures but i think it was like 780ish before we started...

But itl actualli probaly be a little heavier...

However a lot more ponies under the hood will compensate delightfully :D

previous version of the re86 was 766kg

when completed this car will prob weigh a bit more due to some of the ideas we're doing like the rear mounted radiator

Bethejaysus! Thats mad, nothing left of it! Full 'glass rear end?

yes its a full frp rear end and we have it already made with tail lights n all moulded in

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Originally Posted by D McNamara

yes its a full frp rear end and we have it already made with tail lights n all moulded in

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all you need now is a remote control and a TAMIYA sticker fore the roof!:D

plastic fantastic rear end sounds mad! any pics of that?

is this gona be an AE86 shaped, N2 styled (but with pimpin 17's), rotary powered , DRIFT machine?

in fairness it should be awesome ha!

its a seriously crazy machine! cant wait to hear it and see it!

Subscribed! Great work! Keep it up........this will be epic:eek:

Rory

it will NEVER be this cool to me again

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Originally Posted by Tekno Twinky

it will NEVER be this cool to me again

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i sort of half agree with u in a way! that was just so sort grass roots etc...

but now its in a different class!

i think i seriously like both !

i own these wheels now :) shes some car

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Originally Posted by Tekno Twinky

it will NEVER be this cool to me again

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I thought you sed you didnt think it was an ae86 then???

i'm always looking for something new to do

will this kinda be considered a space frame the fact that you hav added the tubes to the front and rear of the chassis???

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Originally Posted by D McNamara

I thought you sed you didnt think it was an ae86 then???

i'm always looking for something new to do

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nah it was awesome there! seen it in rosegreen that weekend you were with bergin and has totaled EQUIP's haha..boo

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It's update time !!! The Need for Speed D-Mac '86 is coming along very nicely at MCNSPORT HQ. Let's take a look at some of the interesting details of the build so far......

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I wanted a way to be able to add caster to the front suspension without pulling the wheel forward so we got these tops made up and welded in place ... simple but effective!

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The scuttle or wiper panel has been removed and the roll cage has been extended to the strut tops and reinforced further with swagged plates. I love swagged plates like these, they look so cool :-)

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The passenger side also gets this treatment. Here you can also see the air intake for the heater has been sealed up along with the bulkhead for the AC pipes. No AC in this hachi!

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We have started to fab the chassis mount for the track control arms. These should be fully finished in the next update.

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The rear end has seen most of our attention. We have decided to go with a rear four link. Three forward facing links and a panhard bar for various reasons. One of them being the position of the fuel cell behind the passenger seat (car is RHD). You can see one of the mounting brackets for the cell in the picture above. Placing the cell behind the passenger seat gives us the best possible weight distribution. Oh and this is only a mock up like arm, the final one will be much nicer.

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Here is a good shot of the rear section of the roll cage. You can see the tabs welded at various intervals on the main hoop section. This will be paneled off to prevent Falken tire smoke, water, dirt and flames from entering the cockpit. You can also see how the third link has been integrated into the roll cage and has four different mounting positions for different suspension setups.

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More rear end detail; The original Panhard Rod mount has been removed from the chassis and 2 more have been fabbed, one on each side. They are much shorter than the original cos this car will be much lower than Toyota intended or at least the axle is. As with any live axle vehicle, the bigger the wheels you use the closer the axle gets to the floor. The chassis panhard mount remains slotted until the vehicle is dropped onto the floor and the final suspension geometry is done. At that point a tab with 3 to 4 holes in it will be welded over the slot in the correct position. Also we can see the axle has been triangulated for strength, we'll take a closer look at that two pictures below.

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This is the rear most structural part of our AE86 chassis. if we bend this we are after hitting hard! The bolt flange you see welded on is just for mounting on our rotisserie but the same flange will be used to mount the removal bumper bars front and rear.

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Here we can see the axle triangulation. I don't think this much torque has been put through an AE86 before especially with only 3 forward axle links. So to prevent the axle twisting we strengthened it at its weakest point.

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Time to drool! Here are the Work Meister S1's in 17x10 with negative 39 offset. The most gangster wheels ever to be fitted to a hachi ! Big thank you to Work Wheels for their support and enthusiasm for this project

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Here is where the wheels would be if they were fitted to a standard car. Out of focus you can see the swagged plate continues from the engine bay up the "A" pillar.

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The powerplant is finally at MCNSPORT HQ. A Hayward Rotary built Bridgeported 13B.

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Here you can see our amazing MCN / AVO AE86 Rear Coilovers. The best AE86 shock absorbers on the market shall be used to transmit 500BHP to the pavement.

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The majority of the roof skin has been removed and will be replaced with our FRP roof skin. The section behind the centre hoop will have a drop vent to provide air for the rear mounted radiator.

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Our WRC inspired roll cage is now fully finished

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This swagged plate is just awaiting welding in to complete the strengthening of the floor mounted axle link points

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The new disposable rear is ready ahead of time. It's a complete clam shell style mould of a JDM spec ae86 rear with tail lights and all in place. This will make wall rubbing inexpensive and quiet spectacular but best of all panels can be replaced easily between runs.

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A nice stack of Work Wheels ready for Falken Tires and some serious abuse!!

Great work lads! And those wheels are f***ing epic!! :eek::eek:

A new benchmark is being set here :eek:
Fair play to you for giving such detailed info of the build :cool:

Bad-ass Dmac, i need to see this in the flesh sometime!

great work darren serious detail an those wheels are pure drool

that thing is fooking gorgeous, again with the cams, a car i really dont like and yet this one i do, must be the wheels...

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who couldnt like a car with those on it

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Originally Posted by pole drift

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Well???



Some nice work gone into it so far though. I like the cage!

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Some nice work gone into it so far though. I like the cage!

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You are not allowed modify between the wheels. in front and behind are open really

cant wait to see this finshed, best of luck with the rest of the build lad

Savage savage work darren....! I hope you were wearing the gloves ya were waring last saturday night to protect your hands.... lol...! Can't wait to see this finished.....!

some build man savage wheels pure drool material

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Originally Posted by Robbie Daly Ps13

Savage savage work darren....! I hope you were wearing the gloves ya were waring last saturday night to protect your hands.... lol...! Can't wait to see this finished.....!

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hahahaah

cheers man

na theyre my pulling gloves haha

wow serious fabbing again.. cant wait to see more pictures!!!!!

More build pics for you guys

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Coming along well now Darren , top class work involved I can see

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Its wide!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by D McNamara

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Its wide!!!!!!!

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Me likey!! :D:D:eek:

Some more teaser photos for you guys...........

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did you get the idea of the trd arches after my watannabes nearly took the arches off the side of your sr86 when we trial fitted them to see if the dmax arches would be wide enough lol