The 2011 driftireland SR86 (Mark Willis)

[Jay Rockett]

We decided that one driftireland skidcar wasnt enough!
So we've taken the challenge of building another one!!

The driftireland SR86



A little intro first!

The nut behind this wheel who i'm hoping will kick-ass is Mark Willis..
No need to go into detail but he's seriously talented in a car and
know's a thing or two about putting them together too!

His choice of wheels is an AE86 Corolla, as the lightweight compact car should prove
quite competitive once powered sufficiently, and the easiest way to do this we
figured was to replace the 16v 4AGE with an SR20DET..

We're building this car on a little more of a budget than the S14, and if it works and
proves to be some bit competitive we're going to build a better car for next year, with
a new shell and full weld-in cage!

*A quick thank-you to Dave at Japanese Performance for the engine and other bits and pieces,
and to Gem for all the hard work, knowledge and late nights!*


So carrying on with the build, here's pic's of the car before work commenced!






Strip PLEEEEEEEEEEASE!












Gus armed with the forklift gently lifted the engine out!








We then stripped the interior of everything unnecessary




Late night engine bay cleaning!




Willis then cut the front off the car, makes it alot easier for engine in and outs!




I then did a quick job of the arches as Willis is only running CBY arches for now!












And the passenger side




Willis starting to cut the tunnel from the inside




And Gem went at it from the outside!




Howya dooooin!




Gem "adjusting" the floor to take the new tunnel




New tunnel mocked up!




And the new motor waiting patiently!




Thats what we've done so far, keep an eye out as i'll update this as often as i can..
Between this build, the driftireland 180SX repair and other things we're
not going to get much sleep in the next few weeks!

Drifting is for life yo!

[Tekno Twinky]

hooray! i love you guys realy.

[jdmjimmy]

sex weeeeeee always tought that needed an sr to pull off the big wing supposed to be a mint shell that best of luck with the build lads

[Prodrifter86]

this is going to be good! best of luck lads!

[BoyRacer_X]

Sweet build!!

Cant wait to see it in action...

[Tekno Twinky]

Keep the wing!!!

[jdmjimmy]

Keep the wing!!!

what????the wing is wat is gonna make it kick ASS!!who said there not gonna keep it???

[Aidan Hogan]

Deadly
Always thought that was a wicked looking cam , best of luck with the short build time

[gem-s13]

ye we will be busy now over the weekend hope to have it up and running be fore monday evening! just back from cork gathering more parts

also a big thanks to dennis healy for letting us rape his old nexen sr86 for bits

i want the wing to stay but willis is undicided!! but it will be staying!! next year it will be running full kit, over-fenders etc so will need the wing to pull that look off!

[Tekno Twinky]

what????the wing is wat is gonna make it kick ASS!!who said there not gonna keep it???

that makes nosense dude ha