The driftireland / DI Motorsport S14 (With TDP.ie & Jap Performance)

[Livewire 78]

is tis the blue 14 ?

nope its an ex road car of darraghs i think (white)

[thegosson]

whoop whoop good man jay cant wait to see this MO-SHEEN

[git]

cars lookin well jay, stone mkII was hard at it this evenin ! cage looks the business from whats done already must say ,all the best man with the rest of the build...............

chris

[Jay Rockett]

WEEK - 1

John continued cutting and removing as much weight as possible, but without sacrificing any strength in the shell.. Then he began reinforcing the rear with an X-bar from the rear chassis legs up through the floor to the rear top strut towers..

The S14 in TDP's cage building room..



Marking out where needs to be cut





Rear inner pockets, quarters and boot floor cut out







Rear tank cover section cut out for bracing



Starting the reinforcing X-bar







X-bar complete!



Plates welded in for the rear section of the cage





And making up floor plates for the centre part of the cage





Floor plate in the pan and box folder





And in place. Although this is a pic of the passenger side plate, ya get the idea!




Now for the main hoop, windscreen bar and A-pillar bars..



Front fully welded



Rear fully welded



Rear welded to the floor plates - drivers side



Passenger side



Front driver side welded to floor plate



And front passenger side welded to floor plate



Starting to take shape now!



These inside photo's show how the cage is tilted back slightly following the B-pillar line..





And reinforced by a supporting bar, from the main hoop to the roof / A-pillar bar



The rear section of the cage - from the main hoop down to the rear strut tower



And across to the passenger side



Main hoop supported



Same on the passenger side

[Jay Rockett]

And here's the rear triangle, from the rear strut towers that will run in an X
across the roof section and down the A-pillars which will stop the shell twisting
and transmit force from each corner of the car to the opposite corner!



Main hoop strengthened and supported by an X-bar first!



Which is welded to the main hoop support, each of which is welded to a floor
plate just above the front bolt's of the rear subframe!



Roof triangle in place to transmit the force from the rear triangle down the A-pillar bars!





John welding plates to the front strut tower's...



And notching a pipe for...



This! A reinforcing bar from the bottom of the A-pillar bar to the strut tower!





Welding to the plate at the strut tower



And supported by a second bar to the A-pillar!

As of now the cage is nearly complete, but this is put on hold untill monday as a racecar needs the full team's attention tomorrow! I cannot WAIT untill the cage is finished, but watching each section being built is a great way to learn the cars week and strong points and how to work with them! Untill next week, chow!

[DaveZigen]

Jesus, really going to the next level on this one Jay! Brilliant stuff, car should be very competitive if the build continues in this direction!

[Aidan Hogan]

Thats a serious looking cage and great welds

[twailbait]

It would be a shame not to crash it with a cage like that.

[Spartacus]

It would be a shame not to crash it with a cage like that.

Lol!


Great work on the cage, welding looks top notch. Very much so looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Love ground up rebuilds.

[Jay Rockett]

It would be a shame not to crash it with a cage like that.

Haha shut up you! God forbid that ever happens i think i'll just cut panels off another S14 and weld them around this cage!!

Lol!


Great work on the cage, welding looks top notch. Very much so looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Love ground up rebuilds.

Yeah its unreal, credit to the lads - they really know what they're doing and even have the time to explain what every single bar in the cage is for and why exactly they're putting it there! Especially with the additional bracing and support to stiffen the chassis, and the tubing used there is a thinner wall and much lighter than that of the main safety points so its benifits are huge in comparison to the slight additional weight they add!