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AMS Turns a brand new GT-R into a world challenge Race car! The building of a World Challenge Race Car A majority of our business here at AMS is building completely prepared race cars for our customers. We campaign our own very successful race team and based on those efforts/merrits we are able to provide very capable and proven race cars to our customers. A while back we had a couple of customers work with us to build two very nice EVO track cars: A blue EVO IX which had a very extensive build: AMSPerformance.com | BLUE DEMON and A silver EVO X that got much of the same treatment: AMSPerformance.com | Silver Bullet Well these two are at it again and this time they want to build a GT-R. Just like the two EVO's prior they went and bought a BRAND NEW GT-R from the dealer and sent it over to us to work our magic. This car came to us with a whopping 74 miles on it. Today we began the tear down process on this car. The slated parts lists has some mild but effective power upgrades but just AMAZING suspension, brake and chassis work! We plan on doing a custom exhaust to the car to optimize weight savings along with some trans cooling and a Custom AMS tuned Cobb AP to increase the power. That is where the easy stuff ends. Along with that a very comprehensive Roll cage and suspension and brake setup will go into the car. The best of the best will be used on this build. Look for some REALLY unique and professional grade components to make their way into this car. We really hope to break some new ground in the GT-R world with this build and bring some great suspension, weight reduction and chassis ideas to the GT-R community. Stay Tuned! Here are some pictures of how the car looked after it was unloaded from the transport: http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...012010-001.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...012010-002.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...012010-003.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...012010-004.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...012010-005.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...012010-006.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...012010-007.jpg |
more work being done! The interior is just about completely stripped now. As you can see all sound deadening material was also removed. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-01.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-02.jpg Computer controlled much? http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-03.jpg Rear glass is out along with the front glass for cage prep http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-04.jpg Getting ready for transmission removal! http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-06.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-07.jpg Rear sub-frame is out for trans removal http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-08.jpg Hovercraft mode! http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-09.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-10.jpg Ready to ship to Shepherd trans for some upgrades :) http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-11.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...06-2010-12.jpg Next on the agenda is to remove the fuel tank altogether as these gentleman have opted for a full fuel cell setup. Cage work is right around the corner Eric |
Some more updates! We are starting to move at a quicker pace on this track GT-R and I wanted to share with you some new pictures: The interior is now down just about as far as we can go http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-01.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-02.jpg Nothing but the best in the way of suspension for this track GT-R, JRZ to the rescue! http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-03.jpg Test fitting some sample wheels and tires along with the Password JDM Carbon fiber front fenders for a little more front tire room. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-04.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-05.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-06.jpg Now we have Justin our suspension expert working on installing the JRZ Triple adjustable coilovers with remote reservoirs. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-07.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-08.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-09.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-10.jpg Sean working away hard on taking even more weight out of this track car project http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-11.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-12.jpg |
Justin and the Fab shop have been making some serious ground on our customer track car GT-R The Carbon Kevlar Recaro Hans Equipped Seat has arrived http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-01.jpg The beginnings of a custom seat bracket from Justin. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-02.jpg Justin went ahead and cut down the tunnel side seat mount to make it even with the rest of the rails. You can see how much smaller it is now and how low it will sit http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-03.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-04.jpg Sean is busy taking out material near the rear shock towers to allow for easier damper adjustment. This also will enable us to save some weight in bracing and to eliminate the cast aluminum seat back. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-05.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-06.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-11.jpg Justin found a way to take out a good chunk of weight by making his own steering column using some new and existing pieces. Total weight savings for this was 7lbs! http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-08.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-09.jpg With the full cage going in soon the roof bracing on the car is not needed and just excess weight. Here we can see Sean cutting out the roof bracing. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-12.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...th-2010-13.jpg Everything adds up! with this latest round of chassis lightening we were able to shed 21 lbs/9.5 Kg's More to come!!! |
Justin has been burning the midnight oil on the cage for this car. Really taking his time to make sure how tight it is to the chassis. When its all said and done it will rival the best of them http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201001.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201002.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201003.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201004.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201005.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201006.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201007.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201008.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201009.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...0527201010.jpg |
More updates! Justin has been hard at work building this cage and its coming out GREAT! http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-001.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-002.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-003.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-004.jpg Below are more progress pictures of the cage. Keep in mind the cage has not been placed in its final spot so its sitting much lower in the car then it should. When finished it sits VERY tight to the car. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-006.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-007.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-008.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-009.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-010.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-011.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-012.jpg Eric Jones pushing her into the other side of the shop for some more mechanical work http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...042010-013.jpg |
More track car updates! One of the requests our customer asked for was a high volume fuel cell that would retain the weight distribution of the factory cell...a tall order indeed. However we love a challenge. Here we see Justin cutting out the floorboard of the GT-R to make room for our new carbon fiber saddle fuel cell we are making. It should be pretty wild when we are all done http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-01.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-02.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-03.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-04.jpg All Cut away and ready to start mocking up a design http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-05.jpg Here we have a very rough mock-up of our idea. From here the engineers will use our CMM arm and measure the area to see what our space limitations are and build the highest volume cell with the area we have to work with. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-06.jpg While Justin and the engineers do their thing its time for Eric Jones to get cracking on installing our new billet bolt on turbo upgrades. This particular car is getting a variation of our SR750 package but will be tuned on low boost. He wants a well rounded but very reliable car and pushing the stock turbo's is not something he wants to do, nor do we recommend. http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-07.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-08.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-09.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-10.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-11.jpg Big ol CBRD Radiator installed....really looks massive from this picture. That's because it is! http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-12.jpg And THAT my friends is how you strip an engine bay! When Eric does something he does it all the way hahaha http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-13.jpg The engine is out and turbo's removed. Time for Eric to toss on the AMS billet Turbo upgrade http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-14.jpg http://amsperformance.com/amsperform...6162010-15.jpg Stay tuned for more updates as they happen :) |
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