AMS Performance enters the LSx Market
04-26-2011, 11:30 AM
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AMS Performance enters the LSx Market 
Hello LS1tech members. Before I get into our latest endeavor I wanted to introduce our company to you. Most of you might not have any idea who or what AMS Performance is. Some of you might have a very good idea.
AMS Performance is an automotive performance specialist based out of West Chicago Illinois. We specialize in high quality, race proven components for most turbocharged vehicles. Our current catalog spans from the Nissan GT-R, Porsche, Mitsubishi Evolution, Subaru STI, BMW and now the LSx platform.
Our standards of quality are unsurpassed by anyone in our industry with 35 full-time Salesman, Technicians, Fabricators and Engineers we have a team that can not only design and build the best products on the market but support them as well. Our 20,000 square foot facility is state of the art and allows us to do complete Turnkey production. We can go from Idea to rapid prototype to hard component very quickly. We employ some of the best fabricators, engineers and engine technicians in the world.
Here is a sample of our Exhaust manifold for the EVO X From CAD to Rapid prototype to final production piece. The engineers can go from a design model to a rapid prototype within days. Using this system we are able to not only provide the best performing, best fitting and longest lasting parts...we can also get them designed quickly!
We do not just make parts...we test them as well. When An AMS part gets tested it doesn't just get slapped on any car. We subject our parts to the most grueling of scenarios. If a Part can survive on our race cars...it can survive on your street or race car. Using this testing system we are not only able to make our parts reliable but we are able to fine tune them to make sure they perform above the competition.
Here are some videos of our race cars and sponsored cars putting AMS products through the ultimate test:
8.42 EVO VIII drag car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYLCRuoMe74
9.1 second ALPHA 10 GT-R
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvOxJFnnw7k
Pikes Peak Time Attack championship EVO VIII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ_cA6JqAEI
9.95 pump gas ALPHA 9 GT-R
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bapuJYBRCIk
Motor Trend ALPHA 9 pump gas test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPXWdkLHSw
Our philosophy on tuning is much like that of our product development. Making power is important but making safe, reliable power is our number one goal. A car will never leave our doors with an AMS tune unless it is capable of making consistent reliable power.
Here is a Quote from the president and owner of AMS performance, Martin Musial
"What many people don't realize is there is so much more to an engine tune than just WOT and peak horsepower. If the car is a dedicated drag car that might be ok, but for 99% of car owners it's not. Everything from driveability, cold start, fuel economy, and even idle quality make any car enjoyable and safe to drive. These areas of tuning are many times overlooked and are actually the most time consuming and difficult to perfect. WOT tuning can take a few hours, while driveability and running quality of the car can take a whole day sometimes. OEM engine calibrators literally have hundreds of hours in tuning the factory ECU so that it's as perfect as it can be, this cannot be replicated in one hour of dyno tuning no matter what anyone tells you. We do our best to make sure a car will drive, start, idle the same if not better than a stock tune. The only limiting factors of driveability sometimes involve engine management systems with limited functions and extreme engine modifications. A piggy back ECU controller or radical camshaft selection can prevent 'OEM like' driveability.
Another tuning aspect I'd like to discuss is reliable horsepower. I'd rather enjoy 500 horsepower for the life of my car rather than 540 horsepower for 10 passes, wouldn't you? Since most of our customers run on pump gas, We carefully take into consideration the ability to make horsepower while minimizing detonation. Detonation will kill an engine, and the severity of it will determine when the fun will stop. It's a ticking time bomb and our goal is to diffuse it. Our tuning process involves starting conservatively and then increasing power while carefully monitoring the knock sensor output and reading spark-plugs. We make sure that with our tune, the customer can throw almost any kind of abuse at the engine and it will survive." - Martin Musial
Now that you know a little more about us I want to introduce our next project, one that I think is close to everyone's heart here on LS1tech. This Summer AMS will be working with the LSx platform We we have acquired a C6 Z06 to begin with but other products for other platforms will follow. One of the major endeavors on this car will be a powerful, efficient, high quality and properly fitting turbo kit. We are confident in our ability to not only make power with the LSx but to make reliable and safe power. So in the coming months you can expect a lot more posts from myself and our staff here at AMS as we strive to make the best products made for the LSx platform right here in the USA!
To help facilitate this new market for AMS performance we have acquired new staff as well. Larry Hamilton (formerly of another local LSx shop) has come on board as an account representative and is bringing 10 plus years of experience in the field. I challenge you to ask him something LSx related that he doesn’t know the answer to In addition we have hired on another technician and fabricator to help with the new line of cars.
So if you are looking for another shop to service, modify or Tune your LSx based vehicle AMS performance is now here and ready!
Thank you sincerely for taking the time out to read about our company and what is on the horizon. Please feel free to ask any questions at any time and we will do my best to answer them.
Please visit our site at www.amsperformance.com to learn more about us and to keep up to date on our latest performance parts
Eric Gaudi
Sales Manager
AMSperformance.com
eric@amsperformance.com
847 709-0530
04-26-2011, 05:40 PM
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You really should post old footage of the "AMS EVO" that put you guys on the map. Also caused a riot on the internet taking down Cobras when they were considered to be unstoppable when people started putting power to them. It was the cause of many locked threads on this forum.
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04-26-2011, 05:57 PM
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Very cool. I remember seeing some crazy EVO's when your shop was in EGV. You're still close so I'll be checking you out since I have the mod bug with my bone stock LS1.
04-26-2011, 07:38 PM
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Very nice. Do us a favor and design a twin turbo kit for the f body that doesn't cost 10k for a tuner kit. I'll be first in line to buy one.
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04-26-2011, 09:22 PM
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I like the sound of the mod bug and bone stock LS1
thanks
I happen to know a guy who has 04 GTO.
small world man
oh we are surely not leaving the Lsx 4th Gen's out of the mix
