Pilen, a red and black Nissan S14, in a full slide with smoke pouring off the rear tires

Andersson Drifting · Jönköping · Nissan S14

Built in the garage.
Driven sideways.

Alfred Andersson built his own drift car. Meet Pilen, a 600 hp Nissan S14 you can catch at Mantorp Park in Sweden.

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600horsepower

S14Nissan chassis

#21car number

Mantorphome track

The driver

Alfred Andersson

Alfred Andersson, Affe to his friends, is a drifter from Jönköping, Sweden. Born in 2001, he runs car #21. He started drifting in the fall of 2024, entered his first competition at Tierp Arena a year later, and in 2026 he's running the RM class of the Swedish Drift Championship.

[How it started. His first time in a drift car, and why he built one himself instead of buying one ready to run.]

His pit crew is family and friends. When the car caught fire in 2025, they had it back together in 15 days. For 2026, Jonas Franzén pitched in on the new engine.

[What Alfred does for a living.]

Hometown: Jönköping, Sweden
Born: 2001
Drifting since: Fall 2024
Team: Andersson Drifting

The car

Pilen

Pilen is a 600 hp Nissan S14. If a part is still stock, that's on purpose. Nearly everything else has been swapped, moved or welded up in the garage.

Technical specifications
Chassis	Nissan S14
Engine	Turbo V8 at 14.5 psi (1 bar) [displacement]
Power	600 hp, 590 lb-ft (800 Nm)
ECU	MaxxECU
Gearbox	BMW ZF GS5-39DZ
Rear end	[Diff, final drive]
Front end	[Angle kit]
Suspension	[Coilovers]
Wheels and tires	[Size, brand]
Weight	[lb / kg]

The build

From bare shell to the start line

Every step happened in his own garage. Here's how it came together.

[Year]
The build

[Where he found the car, why this engine, and what Alfred did himself.]
2025
The blue season

The year in blue was a rough one, with a few offs and one fire. At Gatebil in September, Alfred was two tires in when he ran into the car ahead under a yellow flag. The hit broke the oil cooler mounts, an oil line chafed through on the alternator, and the engine bay went up. Alfred walked away unhurt.
2025
The rebuild

Fifteen days after the fire, the car was running again, thanks to family, friends and partners. It was finished the day before the trip to Tierp Arena, where Alfred entered his first competition. He tagged the wall right before qualifying and had it fixed in ten minutes, but his scores fell short of the top 16.
2026
Pilen

The car came out of the winter with a new engine and a fresh red, black and white livery by AWS Graphics. At the Swedish Drift Championship opener at Tierp Arena, Alfred qualified 12th out of 18 and made it to the top 8.

[Why the car is called Pilen.]
Now
Mantorp

From here on, Alfred is running every drift event at Mantorp Park.