AMS Shop Tour! (I got this from Honda-Tech)

[JDMTyler3326]

I had been in talks with Frank over at AMS about taking shots of a certain very sick porsche for a while, but knowing how AMS does things I figured I might as well shoot some other cars while I was out there... When I finally arrived at the shop I figured I might as well just shoot around to give you the whole story on a shop that's at the top of its game.

The second you walk in the front door here, you realize that these guys are on their own level. Instead of being greeted by the walls of air fresheners and light bulbs that are so common in other shops, AMS has a showroom that is classy and straight to business. High dollar parts and a fully built engine sitting in the showroom are only the beginning for this shop.






As you walk through the employees only door into the back, you expect what you see at every other shop. Instead of a small and dark room with one lift, or an endless warehouse, AMS has quite literally, everything...

A few spare engines sitting around getting wrenched in the giant workspace:




The packing area, and the only time I saw it empty and motionless while I was there:



Need some fluids? They might have enough to take care of you. haha:



The back room is home to the less mechanical, and more technical work, it also houses the AMS shop Evo X time attack car which we'll take a look at a bit later.



AMS helps you stay cool... And it starts right here:



Sign directly above this chart should read "Get to work!" A long list of things to do awaits the guys working at AMS:



Being that I know nothing about the technical aspect of building cars, I felt implied to just walk around going "What does this one do? What does this one do? What does this one do?" Instead of annoying them to the point that they kicked me out of the shop, I just bit my tongue.



The shop dog must have walked into half of my shots, but who could get mad at this face:



AMS built, Canadian piloted rally car was chilling around the shop waiting to get some work done:



A shot of it with a customer drag car... Shooting for 1100whp:





AMS works on skylines now?



AMS is in the process of developing a new exhaust for the GTR. Nice piping, clean welds, very typical of their crafstmanship:





his particular exhaust was going to be made to work with the oem exhaust tips, but AMS says that the production model will have a unique quad outlet setup:



AMS drag evo... Need I say more?









Apparently it gets tucked away at night with a very sexy bunkmate, a mild setup time attack Evo X:









As the shop closes up, all the cars move inside... It's not often you see this many hot cars sitting in one place:









Most importantly, here is the whole reason behind my trip out... Got to catch this porsche doing some dyno pulls, and I can assure you it sounds as mean as it looks.

This '84 911 Carrera started off like any other naturally aspirated carrera, and has recently been transformed into the beast you see here. The motor build consists of a fully built 3.3L with twin plug race heads, T4 turbo kit that was custom fabricated in-house by AMS, powered by a DTAfast EMS, and a 917 - 4 speed transmission with a Haggart precision race shifter.





454whp and 417 wtrq... Not bad for a 2300 streetcar, but Frank has his sights set on 500whp once he tends to a few issues:

[The Captain]

I could live there and be happy forever.

[redg2]

That was awesome, and i love those old porsches

[Vr-4-Life]

WoW...


That is one clean shop.... I would listen to ANYTHING they had to say.

[JDMTyler3326]

Originally Posted by The Captain

I could live there and be happy forever.

I know right.

Originally Posted by redg2

That was awesome, and i love those old porsches

I like the Evo's

[phate1229]

holy ****... I'm packing a bag right now to go live there

[pinkarrowsnow]

Wow that is heaven for a import car lover

[97TurboDSM]

that place is amazing and this is by far the best post you have made while on TST and you did nothing but copy/paste. this thread might have to be the beginning of the end...

[abrok99]

damn. that place is like a dream. haha where is it located?

[SoStock92]

DTA Fast? Who uses that garbage on high horsepower cars?

[pinkarrowsnow]

Originally Posted by abrok99

damn. that place is like a dream. haha where is it located?

Illinois in the suburbs of Chicago

[EKLIPZGSX97]

Anyone else notice that the GTR seems to have 2 driveshafts?? WTF is that?

[92sileighty]

Originally Posted by EKLIPZGSX97

Anyone else notice that the GTR seems to have 2 driveshafts?? WTF is that?

yea i don't what that other piece is , i wouldn't say 2 drive shafts though weird

[pinkarrowsnow]

Originally Posted by 92sileighty

yea i don't what that other piece is , i wouldn't say 2 drive shafts though weird

It doesnt seem to be connected to anything either from the picture in the front of the gtr.

[Scapegoat]

nevermind... haha see it now...

[SLDWYSJDM]

nice pics, I always was a fan of ill photraphy's "AJ. G "his stuff is always all over Risky Devil. As for that oldschool Porsche, I got some more pics to add to the collection.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vQIfL5M3SS.../IMG_5338r.jpg
3 piece ZE Forged wheels,17x11 and 17x14, and I believe these were fitted to 315's or 335's out back due to the massive RSR flare
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vQIfL5M3SS.../IMG_5328r.jpg

[dt98gsr]

Saw Aj's thread on HT, AMS definitely has an impressive operation. I love the blue Evo X with the 10.5" CE28's!

[Chopper17]

Wow, that is a impressive shop and how clean it is shows there craftsmanship. Also it helps to have the worlds fastest evo!

[phate1229]

Originally Posted by EKLIPZGSX97

Anyone else notice that the GTR seems to have 2 driveshafts?? WTF is that?

transmission is mounted in the rear, the off center drive shaft is sending power to the front wheels, from what I remember one of them is carbon fiber too.

[peteyturbo]

Originally Posted by SoStock92

DTA Fast? Who uses that garbage on high horsepower cars?

heheh