AMS Performance 1,000+ HP Nissan GT-R build

    About 2 months ago we've begun working on the world's first 1,000+ HP Nissan GT-R and I thought I'd share this with you guys :D


    Here are a few progress pictures:


    Arrival:





























    Engine removal:

























    December 16th 2009


    At AMS we pride ourselves on making the highest quality and most powerful parts on the market. This does not come easy but thanks to our highly qualified team and state of the art equipment we can make that a reality for any customer. One of the tools we use to achieve this goal is our portable CMM arm (coordinate measurement machine).


    Our Romer portable CMM allows us to digitally plot any given area we are working with. By taking the arm and touching key points on the motor and the chassis we can digitally recreate the entire GT-R drivetrain in our CAD software. Why is this important? This allows us to make and design the best part possible using the given space constraints. The end result is a product that fits like stock, lasts the life of the car and produces the most power capable in that given area. Remember all that math in school that you thought you would never use in real life? Well we do :)


    In chuck's case we are using this technology to create quite simply the best turbo kit available for the GT-R!


    Here are some pictures of one of our engineers Drew Johnson plotting the GT-R engine bay on Chucks soon to be AMS powered 1000plus WHP GT-R!








    Now that we have our digitized data from our portable CMM arm the engineers can begin designing the turbo kit. This is always my favorite part of a project as you can really see our engineers shine in their abilities.


    Here are some preliminary CAD images of the digitized GT-R engine bay and the 750R Turbo's placed in their possible areas.


    REALLY Cool stuff!!





    January 13th 2010
    Sorry for the lack of updates guys. Because we are not building a hand welded header and casting the pieces instead the hard engineering behind it has been focused in our CAD software. Drew has been spending countless hours trying to design the most optimum kit given our space constraints. So far his work has been nothing short of spectacular!


    As you can see the header and wastegate placement are allowing us to get away with designs that would be extremely difficult to obtain with a hand fabricated piece. That coupled with the fact that it will be casted will ensure a power potent and reliable kit for years to come.


    Here are some more CAD images courtesy of our engineer Drew Johnson





    Drew just finished up the design of the header setup. The end result is pretty remarkable.


    Completely equal length
    Port matched
    Smooth transitions
    Ability to access the header to head bolts easily
    Cast 304 Stainless steel
    This design will also allow GT-R owners to retain their steering rack heat shield


    ENJOY!











    Rich

    Thank you for all the positive comments guys! It really means a lot to us!


    The car is built as well rounded "fun" street car. Make no mistake the car is being fully prepared so it can handle the power. Since the customer had purchased the car with a blown motor so the GT-R is receiving a new fully built engine. The transmission is also being addressed and its receiving some major upgrades details of which I cannot release just yet :devil:



    Here we have the final CAD designs of the AMS 1,000 HP GT-R turbo kit as they sit before going to our 3D printing machine:









    What is a 3D printer you ask? Well it pretty much does exactly what is sounds like. This machine we have will now take our CAD design and print a plastic composite sample.


    With this sample we will now be able to test fit it on the car. If the sample fits like we think it will then its off to get quick casted. Quick casting is a VERY expensive process but it gives us a hard piece to not only install but test. This will be the set of headers that get installed on chucks car. If they fit and work well we will being with production casting smile.gif


    here is a sample of some previous 3D printed parts :





    EVO F1-I Intake manifold


    Here we fiberglass wrapped the 3D print for an on car test:



    Internal shots




    And the final product



    More coming soon :D

    Just as promised Drew finished up the plastic 3D prints of the new GT-R headers. Here they are installed on the car. The next step will involve installing the motor into the car along with our support brackets and custom manifold heat shields to check final fitment. If all works out then its time to cast!


    Starting to get pretty exciting!














    Thanks for the positive comments guys! More Coming soon!

    This ist just sick man.


    Very impressive what you guys built right there, unbelievable.


    Hope to see more soon.


    Where are you guys at home? The next time in the U.S I have to see this in real. Are you doin garage tours?


    Have fun.


    Thank you for the positive comments! We're located in the suburbs of Chicago, our address is:
    AMS Performance
    1760 Metoyer Ct.
    West Chicago IL 60185


    We'd love to show you around, feel free to stop by next time you're in the area.





    Below are some more updated pictures of the turbo kit with the prototype heat shields. The production shields will not have rivets and will be welded up. This is just a sample.
    Also notice the very strong but OEM like integrated turbo support bracket.


    Keep in mind the turbo is just a mock up turbo so you will not see any wheels in it :)


















    More coming soon!

    While we wait for casting we are finalizing all the bits and hardware needed for the kit including intercooler piping, Intake piping and downpipes. Here are some more updates as we further develop the kit on Tim's GT-R.












    Once we get the cast samples is we will be within weeks of getting the kit up and active on Tim's GT-R while Chucks waits on his built engine, roll cage and other supporting mods needed to send his car into the stratosphere :)


    Rich

    Carbon fiber replacement roof was finished from the mold and it looks GREAT!


    Its almost 9 lbs lighter than the stock one as well so there is a decent weight savings from it and from the best part of the car to save weight too!


    Some carbon $$$$$$ :)

















    We got some pics of the chassis work. please excuse the quality as we had to use a cheapo digital this time around.






    Once we get the car finalized we will add in the removable parachute mount.


    Rich

    Finally some updates. The next step in the casting process is to have our design done in a prototype casting. This brings us to today. We now have a few sets of prototype manifolds that we can begin to develop full kits around, namely Tim Sanders and Chuck's GT-R. With these manifolds we can not only create the remaining components for the kit but we can actually complete two cars and put down some real world numbers and move forward with kit production. Here are a few sample pictures. Keep in mind the prototype casting is not as clean looking as the final production piece but on the inside (where it counts) its top notch!