my 14a drifter

[markaylward]

hi all im new here, a few of ye know me,
just said i'd fire this up here,
i bought this about 2 months ago to build as
my drift car for 2011,
its a reg'd 94 s14 with a 14a conversion,
i bought it as a rolling shell,
it had overfenders, vented front wings,
full kit(very tatty) and most of the arms were
adjustable, shell is in good nick so its a good base.
my plans are as follows;
fully strip the whole car,
fully seam weld it,
full calicages weld-in cage,
custom loom,
in-car fuel tank,
pedal box,
going to run a holset hx30(thanks tweek)
830cc injectors,
metal headgasket,
nistune,
and im going to run e85.
and its getting fully resprayed.
just a few pics of how i got it and how it stands now.


then i started stripping

[JP]

Hey Mark! Welcome to the SXOC!

I've not seen Nelly's garage since it's been finished, ye've defo got the right workshop to do that work in anyway!

Are you staying yellow or what colour(s) are you going for next year?

[markaylward]

hey dude, cheers for the welcome,
no its not stayin yellow, going to be
painted in the new team colours with graphics.
yeah its in the right workshop alright.

[Tetra]

Welcome to the mate

[Sideways Simon]

Welcome along fella

[T.J]

That's going to be one busy garage over the Xmas ;-)
Best of luck mark

[NismoNut]

welcome along, Best of luck with the build, looking forward to the progress

[Dunny55]

Welcome along man, keep us posted on the build will be a good one to watch

[poggy]

welcome to the club dude

[markaylward]

a little update on this.
the whole car is now stripped and ready for seam welding,
i made up the base plates for the cage and the mount for the handbrake and nelly welded
them in place,we also made a start on the cage tonight,
we got the main hoop and the two side bars that run along
the top of the doors to both footwells made and test fitted,
its going to be one tight fitting cage. i also removed the fuel tank
and the old fuel lines as im going with an in car tank and brand new
fuel lines. i picked up a donor car to rob a few bits off of aswell,
most of the bits i need were on it plus its a spare shell if i bang
this one. anyway enough shit talk, heres a few pics












a few pics of the donor car

[JP]

Lol! Pretty nice 'donor' car..! Nearly seems like a waste from those pics to break it..?

[timsub]

Welcome to SXOC

[chri5]

was thinking same thing tbh
looks a busy garage tho

[markaylward]

yeah the donor car came from portglenone up the north,
@jp; its not that good in person, i had col's old 200sx
and i was going to break that but there wasn't as many
parts on that as there is on this

[Arnie]

I recognize the yellow s14 from colm's place in Cashel. I've seen it running but never in action.

And I got a tomei 2-way out of it!

[markaylward]

a little update,
it was a very long christmas for me,
only getting back to it tonight,
we got the cage finished and welded in place,
also i finished seam welding the car,
and got the engine bay in primer,
sanded the outside of the car aswell
and rubbed the inside down too,
ive the subframe stripped,
going to sand this to and respray it.
a few pics,

[JP]

Coming on well Mark!

Is that Don's car Nelly's carving up in the background??!

[markaylward]

Coming on well Mark!

Is that Don's car Nelly's carving up in the background??!

yeah thats don yolk alright,
hes doing a major build for this year

[eager]

Remember seeing the blue donar car.Was nice. had a poke around it once it was built by remo

[markaylward]

Remember seeing the blue donar car.Was nice. had a poke around it once it was built by remo

thats for sale now if you know anyone looking
for a cheap slider ready to go??