AMS Performance
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Over the past two decades, AMS Performance of Chicago, Illinois has built up a reputation for churning out some insane builds. The tuner is famous for its Nissan GT-Rs designed to spit 4-digit power figures, with the cars routinely setting new drag strip records. Now Infiniti has tapped AMS’s talents for a Q60 concept car on display this week at the 2017 SEMA show. Called the Q60 Red Alpha, a combination of the names of Infiniti’s Q60 Red Sport 400 and AMS’s Alpha-branded cars, the concept showcases the potential for the Q60 in front of the enthusiast crowds that frequent...
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AMS Sets GT-R 1/4-Mile Record At 7.48 Seconds: Video
Yes, we know... We post a lot about the Alpha Omega GT-R. That's because we love the car, and everything the AMS team is doing to it. They've taken a pretty fast machine and turned it into an absolute animal. Many records have fallen in its wake, and now there's a new one the team can add to its...
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2,000-Horsepower AMS GT-R Defends King Of The Streets Title: Video
The AMS Performance Alpha Omega GT-R is, as you know by now, a beast of a machine designed to obliterate any bit of straight-line tarmac in front of it. This is a Nissan GT-R that has been modified to the point where it's pushing forth around 2,000 horsepower out to all four wheels. Even crazier...
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Watch This 1,300-Horsepower Audi R8 Shoot Flames: Video
Audi has just launched its second-generation R8 but the old one still has plenty of life left in it, especially if you modify the heck out of it. Here’s a first-generation R8 V10 that’s been modified by America’s own AMS Performance. The car is strapped to a dyno and as...
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AMS Alpha Omega GT-R Sets New 1/4-Mile Record: Video
We've been talking about the AMS Alpha Omega GT-R a lot recently. The car is an amazing feat of aftermarket engineering, and it recently ran away with the title at the Texas Invitational speed event. While in Texas, the team decided to stick around and make the most of their trip. This meant a...
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AMS GT-R Clears The Board At Texas Invitational: Video
For some time now, the team behind the AMS GT-R have been on a quest to go as fast as they possibly can. That means eight second quarter-mile times. It means over 200 mph trap speeds, and it means running into a level of competition that knows how to create tremendous power. Such is the case when...
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This is the AMS Performance Alpha 20 Nissan GT-R with an estimated 1,700 horsepower at the wheels—and the capability to run 2,000 whp. But it’s just testing. MUST SEE: Lamborghini Pranksters Get Tased For Being Dumb: Video Justice Even in testing, this GT-R runs 207 mph at the Texas Invitation. For a shakedown run. So what’s under the skin of this beast? The 4.0-liter Alpha Omega-spec engine, ShepTrans stage 5 transmission, Driveshaft Shop axles, and a secret set of turbos. But regardless of all that, turn up the volume and just listen to it. Beastly. DON'T MISS: Texas...
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The Story Behind The World's Fastest Nissan GT-R: Video
AMS Performance is in the business of making fast cars much faster. More specifically, they're best known for taking the Nissan GT-R and tuning it to insane levels of power and performance. They do this while also keeping the cars streetable. DON'T MISS: 2015 Subaru WRX Video Road Test This team...
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Alpha Nissan GT-R Destroys The Quarter Mile In 8.11: Video
Watch a Nissan GT-R cover the quarter mile in 8.11 seconds.
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Alpha Performance Runs 1,700-HP Nissan GT-R To Sub-8 Second 1/4 Mile: Video
We often hear about the horsepower wars that are still taking place amongst a variety of automotive manufacturers. Only slightly lesser-known are the GT-R wars. This is a battle of a handful of aftermarket tuning companies that seek to push Godzilla to more and more amazing feats of speed. The...
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AMS Alpha 12 Nissan GT-R Vs. Protomotive Porsche 911 Turbo: Video
There's a good physics lesson in the results of this drag race, weighing factors like coefficients of drag, frontal surface area, total drag forces, car weights, power, power delivery, gearing, and much more, but there's also just a good show: an 1,150-horsepower Nissan GT-R going head-to-head with...
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AMS Alpha 12 Nissan GT-R Breaks Through 200 MPH Barrier
AMS Performance's heavily modified Alpha 12 Nissan GT-R continues to set the pace for custom versions of the incredibly quick R35.
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The AMS Performance Alpha 12 Nissan GT-R sets a record, becoming the first R35 into the eight-second range in the quarter mile.
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AMS Alpha-12 1,318 WHP Nissan GT-R Does 60-130 MPH In 3.46 Seconds: Video
The stock Nissan GT-R is a force to be reckoned with, but the AMS Performance Alpha 12 GT-R is more like a force of nature.
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America’s AMS Performance Builds World’s First Nine Second R35 Nissan GT-R
The Nissan GT-R is the quintessential Japanese sports car--high-tech, efficient and with styling that could only have come from the Land of the Rising Sun--but when it comes to performance tuning of the latest R35 model, America is king. AMS Performance, based in Chicago, Illinois, currently builds...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran