The 2011 driftireland SR86 (Mark Willis)

[stevek]

sweet build!!

[docco86]

this car will be epic. that ae86 always needed an sr..

[Willis]

thanks for all the posts lads yeh hopefully il have it out on track by this weekend to do a bit of testing !!! still alot of work to be done but will get there with the help of jay and gem and the rest of the lads

[Kruizer]

Well done lads, great project !

[creepy]

Nice work lads.Keep it going

[D1 Chomer]

Car needed an sr alrite. Nd willis Keep de spoiler. It looks da tits. U shouldnt even have been givin the choice ot takin it off

[retro head]

fair play willis looking forward to seeing ye flat out as the rumours have ye as fookin pilot!

fukin sr20...pffft! that cam was some machine to drift with the 4age, i remember seein it at a mondello practice day a year or so ago and either its set up real well or the lad driving it was a legend cos he made it look effortless!first time i was out in mondello in the cam drifting i sprained me arm!

[dannyps13]

great project guys, cant wait too see it finished!!

[Jay Rockett]

Ok we're back! We havnt been near this car for a while now and with
Prodrift quickly approaching, we're going to be VERY busy!

Here's an update including some of what we did last year and as of 2 days ago!

The steering rack mounts needed grinding to get the SR20 lump as low down as possible!





That should do!



Next we made engine mounts to hold the SR20 to the AE86 subframe



Making the AE86 mounts, into SR20 mounts!











Engine mounts made, and test fitting into car!









Gem starting to make up the gearbox mount











Gearbox mount finished, its actually alot stronger than it looks!





Just like that! A coat of black will finish it nicely!



Willis then started to weld in the new tunnel





Next on the list was welding custom 'traction brackets' onto the vanette axle, if we did it right,
the car should have lots of grip! If not then pulling that face really wasnt worth it!!

[Jay Rockett]

We needed to add more to the cage to pass regulations and to add some strength to the car!

So we set about welding in a rear X-bar







Done! We also cut out the rear shelf and welded in a bar between the rear shock mounts



Like so!



Then the driver's door bars







And complete!



Passenger door bars



And some weld shots! Not bad for first time!





With the larger tunnel now in place, we had to make a custom hydraulic handbrake mount,
separating the lever from the cylinder via a small diameter steel tube!



Turned out quite well and leaves plenty of room for the gearlever!
A quick lick of paint and she will be MINT!!





Thats all for now folks, more next weekend!