Drift Innovation Motorsport S14

[Jay Rockett]

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!



Taking it right down to a bare shell


Front cut for larger wheel tubs


Bob started on the driver-side wheel tub


Driver-side complete


Passenger-side complete


Tunnel and bulkhead cut to make room for the RB25 box


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!


Bob started on the new tunnel


Tunnel complete!


Tunnel and front wheel tubs complete


Making brackets for the rad and intercooler


Bob welding the brackets in








Some brackets i made to secure the rad and intercooler from the top


Welded in place






Our Dummy SR20 Engine in, with the rad and intercooler all bolted up









Cutting the rear arches for more clearance

[Jay Rockett]

Rear arches complete


Next i started making some brackets to secure the new boot floor


Bent at right angles


And cut into individual brackets








Then we started making floor mounts for Gary's seat rail.. Gary's a tall guy so
his seat bolts directly to the floor!




Welded in




We then started fitting the over-fenders, squeezed to a little over 50mm


Bob doing some trimming to allow more wheel clearance


Welding some gussets in to tie the cage to the chassis some more










Next up we made our own hydraulic handbrake




















After giving it some thought, we changed the round bar connecting the lever
to the cylinder to a square bar for added strength!

[Jay Rockett]

The modified Subframe and Engine Mounts Bob made












All fabrication finished and the shell fully sealed, ready for paint at MG Crash Repairs



The engine building room where Bob will be building the Forged SR20 Engine for our S14


Lapping the valves in


All the bits ready for assembly


The Pistons, Rod's, Crank, Pulley, Flywheel and Clutch were all balanced together


Freshly bored, honed and decked block ready to be built

































Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand finished!!

[Jay Rockett]

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!

















Next task was the wiring, here is the switch panel and fuse board Bob made


And I stared putting the rear suspension back in




Rear wiring loom for the fuel pump and rear lights


Modified Gearbox Mount


And a lick of paint!


We now have the built engine and box sitting in






Bob started making up a new exhaust






Starting to come together now!






Attention to detail is key!!


We then made some knew Steering Knuckles

[Jay Rockett]

To aid cooling we came up with a Front Ducting System
















Bumper fits perfectly over the Front Duct


And to shed more weight we replaced all glass with Polycarbonate
















Bob made Window Frames to keep the Polycarbonate in the doors rigid














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

[Jay Rockett]

Brake Bias Adjuster to help with left foot braking and warming tyres






Hydraulic Handbrake lines going in


Bob making a battery box






We ran the rear wiring loom behind the sill to protect the loom


Interior shaping up




Passenger Seat Rails Bob made




Here's the Front Crash Bar / Bumper support bar we made






Making a Tow Strap and fixing it to the Crash Bar










Some grip for the front!


We made our own version of 'Smart Strings' Alignment System as Steering and
Suspension Setup is a big part of what we do!






On the front


And on the rear


And the car on the tables ready for me to set it up for testing the next day in Mondello


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






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!

[joey banana s14]

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

[sparky]

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

[Chuck_g]

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

[haydomiata]

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?