mcnport ae86 N2 build - Drifting forum

Darren McNamara · 31-07-2007, 04:00

My god im so tired....

we built this car over a ten day period. prob got 30hours sleep in total. but it was worth it im in love wit the car and think it look awesome.

we recieved this car from japaneseusedcars.com about four weeks ago, i had to leave for formula d round 4 so when i returned we had 14days till prodrift rosegreen.

these picture were taken on tueday july 17
we started off wit a ex N2 ae86 built by suzukijidosya in japan
bhp: unknown
weight: 885kg

work began that evening and we tore the car apart and called it a nite at 5am. the car was quick but as wit all 4ages produced little torque so weight loss was top of our list and im proud to say we hav produced the lightet ae86 ever (until the next 1

)

we welded in a new sheet of steel in the rear and modded the wheel arch where the fuel filler once was

we removed the front panel for better air flow to the carbs

we rewired all the dash and moved the gauges from the centre console to in front of the driver

Darren McNamara · 31-07-2007, 04:16

heres the rear fibreglass hatch. we removed the inner skin to save weight, the doors also got this treatment. in fact all panels on the car are fibreglass, we even moulded panels that we didnt already hav, bonnet, headlight covers, doors and rear hatch all in a 10 day period. thanks to driftkits.eu for suppling the rear bumper and sideskirts.lexan was used to replace the rear glass and side windows

first fit of our ae86 fibreglass rear quarters

the fuel cell was moved to the middle of the car and battery relocated to the passenger floor

we had to weld in a X bar on the drivers door as we were running fibreglass ones and the interior looked like this when finished

this pic was taken at 9am thursday morn the 26th we rolled her out for her first test run after pulling an all niter cos of a late decision to build a new axle for the rear as we were unhappy with the initial of its own lsd. we then mocked up all the panels and she left for paint at 2pm

we collected the car at 2pm friday. major thanks to mark sheehan at ms crash repair for having the car done so quickly. oh and the wheels arrived.......... big thank to work wheels for them

it was final assembly time. all panels were fitted and suspension settings changed to my liking and all camber, castor and toe settings changed

this was taken about 1am fri nite

by 2am the car was completely finished, all that remained was to add the people who made it all possible

we finished the vinyl at 6am and headed for rosegreen at 6.30am for sat eve practice. i was lookin forward to driving her so we set up pit and heres the first shot of her in action

sunday was a little disappointing we qualified 17th and just missed out but all in all v happy wit her first day, rosegreen is such a horsepower track and everybody in prodrift has horepower but mondello is a different story....watch this space.........

there u hav it, the new mcnport ae86 N2
we hav built europes most sucessful drift car (our sr86) using the ae86 platform. the sr86 has since moved on to prove its worth in america and now we plan to develope a na ae86 to take on prodrift again and cement our place a europes no. 1 drift tuner

bhp: still unknown
weight: 7**kg (lets say less than 750)

official photoshoot to follow........

special thanks to my sponors
japaneseusedcars.com
Falken Tire
work wheels
window warehoue irl
driftkits.eu
ms crash repair

also thanks to:
Charlie
Damo
stephen
Phelim

spec:

Engine:
IN304 EX288 high lift camshafts / TRD valve springs / TRD head gasket & head 0.5mm shaved / ported & polished / Light weight AE92 pistons / Light weight gudgeon pins / TRD rod bearing / TRD Crank bearing / Lightened flywheel 3.7kgs / TRD engine mount / TRD transmission mount / OBR45mm carburetors / full transistor distributor

Transmission:
D-speed metal clutch / Cusco lsd

suspension:
TRD shock absorbers / mcnsport springs / cusco top mounts / mcnsport inner tie rods / ueo outer tie rods / cusco rca's / TRD and powerflex bushes

body:
mcnsport fibreglass trueno front fenders (alo available for levin) / mcnsport fibreglass trueno bonnet / mcnsport fibreglass trueno headlight covers / mcnsport fibreglass doors / mcnsport fibreglass rear hatch / mcnsport fibreglass rear quarter / Origin front bumper / vertex style rear bumper and sideskirts / TRD rear wing / lexan glass

wheels:
work meister s1

mouwt · 31-07-2007, 05:48

Lovely car, looked very nice in Rosegreen, fair play to you Darren for keeping the na 4ag competitive.

Lox · 31-07-2007, 06:35

Awsome stuff dude, lovin the transformation. The Car looks the $hit

Diskovod · 31-07-2007, 07:09

Haha, it's was Levin and turned out to be another Trueno

Nice, very nice! Fingers crossed for the n/a tune of 4AGE, hope it would do some nice 3rd-2nd-braking-clutch-kick-and-slide-slide-slide drifts...

oli · 31-07-2007, 07:37

looks badass i cant imagaine how nimble it must feel with all that weight reduction. Also really surprised at how much metal had been taken out

how is it structuarally? does the rollcage sort that issue out or were there additional amounts of bracing/reinforcement?

screw rolling/flaring arched just replace the whole lot with wide wings

Ian.G · 31-07-2007, 08:06

Nice work people.

I'm sure you will do just as well with this one.

Lex · 31-07-2007, 10:21

Class.

Rims are teh Sex

Baba · 31-07-2007, 10:32

Sweet car!!! And well done for building it so fast!

T.K · 31-07-2007, 11:14

Inspirational!

ringer · 31-07-2007, 11:17

Well done on the fast build!

I think I prefered the car with the Panasport C8's and wide arches though...

T.K · 31-07-2007, 11:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by ringer

I think I prefered the car with the Panasport C8's and wide arches though...

No way dude!

Dex · 31-07-2007, 11:49

omg! less then 750??!!!?!

!!!

cefiro_drifta · 31-07-2007, 11:55

truely amazing 86 ... another one fo the few 86's i like ... good choice on making it a trueno front

the stig · 31-07-2007, 14:09

looking fat fella

needs to be coming over to the uk!???

vtec mini clubman · 31-07-2007, 14:12

very nice ae86

JacobPhoto · 31-07-2007, 15:01

Great work, Darren! If things work out, hopefully I'll be able to watch this car compete next year

Looks like Falken is taking care of you over there as well.

Paddy · 31-07-2007, 15:06

Have more detail shots, action shots etc to post if Darren don't mind ?

Conor-Vtec86 · 31-07-2007, 15:46

post them up please please please

SRRay · 31-07-2007, 16:30

Fair play Darren she looked mad in the docks when I saw it 1st but WOW she loooked unreal in the paddock on Sunday.Best of luck with it!

31-07-2007, 04:00	#1 (permalink)
Darren McNamara SR86 pilot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Buttevant Posts: 58	mcnport ae86 N2 build My god im so tired.... we built this car over a ten day period. prob got 30hours sleep in total. but it was worth it im in love wit the car and think it look awesome. we recieved this car from japaneseusedcars.com about four weeks ago, i had to leave for formula d round 4 so when i returned we had 14days till prodrift rosegreen. these picture were taken on tueday july 17 we started off wit a ex N2 ae86 built by suzukijidosya in japan bhp: unknown weight: 885kg work began that evening and we tore the car apart and called it a nite at 5am. the car was quick but as wit all 4ages produced little torque so weight loss was top of our list and im proud to say we hav produced the lightet ae86 ever (until the next 1) we welded in a new sheet of steel in the rear and modded the wheel arch where the fuel filler once was we removed the front panel for better air flow to the carbs we rewired all the dash and moved the gauges from the centre console to in front of the driver

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31-07-2007, 04:16	#2 (permalink)
Darren McNamara SR86 pilot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Buttevant Posts: 58	heres the rear fibreglass hatch. we removed the inner skin to save weight, the doors also got this treatment. in fact all panels on the car are fibreglass, we even moulded panels that we didnt already hav, bonnet, headlight covers, doors and rear hatch all in a 10 day period. thanks to driftkits.eu for suppling the rear bumper and sideskirts.lexan was used to replace the rear glass and side windows first fit of our ae86 fibreglass rear quarters the fuel cell was moved to the middle of the car and battery relocated to the passenger floor we had to weld in a X bar on the drivers door as we were running fibreglass ones and the interior looked like this when finished this pic was taken at 9am thursday morn the 26th we rolled her out for her first test run after pulling an all niter cos of a late decision to build a new axle for the rear as we were unhappy with the initial of its own lsd. we then mocked up all the panels and she left for paint at 2pm we collected the car at 2pm friday. major thanks to mark sheehan at ms crash repair for having the car done so quickly. oh and the wheels arrived.......... big thank to work wheels for them it was final assembly time. all panels were fitted and suspension settings changed to my liking and all camber, castor and toe settings changed this was taken about 1am fri nite by 2am the car was completely finished, all that remained was to add the people who made it all possible we finished the vinyl at 6am and headed for rosegreen at 6.30am for sat eve practice. i was lookin forward to driving her so we set up pit and heres the first shot of her in action sunday was a little disappointing we qualified 17th and just missed out but all in all v happy wit her first day, rosegreen is such a horsepower track and everybody in prodrift has horepower but mondello is a different story....watch this space......... there u hav it, the new mcnport ae86 N2 we hav built europes most sucessful drift car (our sr86) using the ae86 platform. the sr86 has since moved on to prove its worth in america and now we plan to develope a na ae86 to take on prodrift again and cement our place a europes no. 1 drift tuner bhp: still unknown weight: 7**kg (lets say less than 750) official photoshoot to follow........ special thanks to my sponors japaneseusedcars.com Falken Tire work wheels window warehoue irl driftkits.eu ms crash repair also thanks to: Charlie Damo stephen Phelim spec: Engine: IN304 EX288 high lift camshafts / TRD valve springs / TRD head gasket & head 0.5mm shaved / ported & polished / Light weight AE92 pistons / Light weight gudgeon pins / TRD rod bearing / TRD Crank bearing / Lightened flywheel 3.7kgs / TRD engine mount / TRD transmission mount / OBR45mm carburetors / full transistor distributor Transmission: D-speed metal clutch / Cusco lsd suspension: TRD shock absorbers / mcnsport springs / cusco top mounts / mcnsport inner tie rods / ueo outer tie rods / cusco rca's / TRD and powerflex bushes body: mcnsport fibreglass trueno front fenders (alo available for levin) / mcnsport fibreglass trueno bonnet / mcnsport fibreglass trueno headlight covers / mcnsport fibreglass doors / mcnsport fibreglass rear hatch / mcnsport fibreglass rear quarter / Origin front bumper / vertex style rear bumper and sideskirts / TRD rear wing / lexan glass wheels: work meister s1

31-07-2007, 05:48	#3 (permalink)
mouwt McLovin Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Limerick Posts: 493	Lovely car, looked very nice in Rosegreen, fair play to you Darren for keeping the na 4ag competitive.

31-07-2007, 06:35	#4 (permalink)
Lox LOX Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: LONDON Posts: 357	Awsome stuff dude, lovin the transformation. The Car looks the $hit

31-07-2007, 07:09	#5 (permalink)
Diskovod touge runner Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Petersburg Posts: 158	Haha, it's was Levin and turned out to be another Trueno Nice, very nice! Fingers crossed for the n/a tune of 4AGE, hope it would do some nice 3rd-2nd-braking-clutch-kick-and-slide-slide-slide drifts...

31-07-2007, 07:37	#6 (permalink)
oli -nightspirit- Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: swindon Posts: 4,956	looks badass i cant imagaine how nimble it must feel with all that weight reduction. Also really surprised at how much metal had been taken out how is it structuarally? does the rollcage sort that issue out or were there additional amounts of bracing/reinforcement? screw rolling/flaring arched just replace the whole lot with wide wings

31-07-2007, 08:06	#7 (permalink)
Ian.G 86 ColdTurkey Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Derby UK - Land of road legal race cars Posts: 2,004	Nice work people. I'm sure you will do just as well with this one.

31-07-2007, 10:21	#8 (permalink)
Lex DWYB.CO.UK Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Booostville Posts: 2,599	Class. Rims are teh Sex

31-07-2007, 10:32	#9 (permalink)
Baba A Super Slider Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Essex Drifters Union Posts: 5,400	Sweet car!!! And well done for building it so fast!

31-07-2007, 11:14	#10 (permalink)
T.K kudo fruiting Join Date: May 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,804	Inspirational!

31-07-2007, 11:17	#11 (permalink)
ringer Trackday Films Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London - Nurburg Posts: 1,035	Well done on the fast build! I think I prefered the car with the Panasport C8's and wide arches though...

31-07-2007, 11:49	#13 (permalink)
Dex kut! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clogsville Posts: 9,425	omg! less then 750??!!!?! !!!

31-07-2007, 11:55	#14 (permalink)
cefiro_drifta mad pointing munkey Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: surrey Posts: 12,122	truely amazing 86 ... another one fo the few 86's i like ... good choice on making it a trueno front

31-07-2007, 14:09	#15 (permalink)
the stig dorifto kingu! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: se london Posts: 1,350	looking fat fella needs to be coming over to the uk!???

31-07-2007, 14:12	#16 (permalink)
vtec mini clubman spl dori master Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: dublin Posts: 280	very nice ae86

31-07-2007, 15:01	#17 (permalink)
JacobPhoto spl dori master Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SoCal, USA Posts: 300	Great work, Darren! If things work out, hopefully I'll be able to watch this car compete next year Looks like Falken is taking care of you over there as well.

31-07-2007, 15:06	#18 (permalink)
Paddy Drift Media Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Waterford, Ireland Posts: 1,155	Have more detail shots, action shots etc to post if Darren don't mind ?

31-07-2007, 15:46	#19 (permalink)
Conor-Vtec86 spl dori master Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 288	post them up please please please

31-07-2007, 16:30	#20 (permalink)
SRRay spl dori master Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 303	Fair play Darren she looked mad in the docks when I saw it 1st but WOW she loooked unreal in the paddock on Sunday.Best of luck with it!