My AMS 2.3RR 37R Build
Thanks for all the kind words and support guys. I should have a few better quality video's of her on the dyno at the end of the weekend. 
Won't be crazy power yet though, gotta break her in nice and slowly 
Won't be crazy power yet though, gotta break her in nice and slowly
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couple questions/comments.
If you follow the "1500 mile easy break in period" you might not seat your piston rings properly. some folks would say that the best way to break in a new motor is to give it a few high boost/power dyno runs. read up on this so you make good power. its important.
why the hell would you start the car with no IC piping? lugging the **** out of the motor is not such a good idea. maybe im missing something.
If you follow the "1500 mile easy break in period" you might not seat your piston rings properly. some folks would say that the best way to break in a new motor is to give it a few high boost/power dyno runs. read up on this so you make good power. its important.
why the hell would you start the car with no IC piping? lugging the **** out of the motor is not such a good idea. maybe im missing something.
Alot of mixed stuff on this forum about how you properly break-in engines. I suggest following the engine builder specifications. There is a V8 builder across the steet from my job.
Once built the engines go on his engine dyno and are put through thier paces. Who knows what is right and wrong
Awesome car Insane build BluByYouEvoVIII. She is likley to be one of the top dogs on this forum. Cant wait to see you racing it
Once built the engines go on his engine dyno and are put through thier paces. Who knows what is right and wrong
Awesome car Insane build BluByYouEvoVIII. She is likley to be one of the top dogs on this forum. Cant wait to see you racing it
Hey guys, few of you know me because I dont really post a whole lot on the boards. Im from Kennesaw, GA. I thought some of you would be interested to see my current build. A little history behind my car...
My last setup was a stock block FP Green with HKS 272s all supporting mods, etc. and meth. I made 405hp/386tq on meth. I was doing a few highway pulls against a friend of mine with a 03 560whp Cobra. I was actually about 1/2 car lenght ahead (believe me or not Im not here to debate it, I have witnesses) and my car just shut off, no breaking, clanking, or any noise at all for that matter. I ended up having my car towed home, no fun whatsoever. After consulting my previous shop, which I will leave unnamed for the time being, and consulting a few other shops, I decided to take the car to Forged Performance. Ive had some work done here before and has been nothing short of perfect. Their labor is expensive, but in my opinion worth it. They work on mostly 350z's and G35's but happen to have a AWD Dynamics Dyno. In short, its a great shop, flawless work, great tuner, etc. My car is currently at the shop undergoing the current build.
I talked to Sharif, the owner of Forged Performance, for a long time and decided the direction I wanted to go in depending on the problem with the motor. After the motor was broken down it was concluded that the cause of my motor shutting down was detonation in one of the cylinders. This was caused by a bad tune on my meth map as my pump map never had the smallest issue. This just made me more secure with my decision to switch shops. We talked about what I wanted to do with the build and came up with quite a rediculous, but awesome setup. The mods that are going on the car are listed below. Oh, and for anyone who thinks this is just a dream setup and that I am not serious, you should know that all the parts have been paid for and ordered, most of the labor has been paid for, so this build is a reality, not just wishful thinking. Here are the mods:
AMS 2.3L RR Motor
AMS Race Ported Head
AMS HTA37R Turbo Kit
AMS VSR Intake Manifold
AMS 1000 HP Fuel System
AMS LICP
AMS Small Battery
AMS L19 Head Studs
AMS 1200cc Injectors
HKS EVC VI Boost Controller
HKS FCon VPro
HKS Mitsubishi Evo 03-04 Harness
HKS Pressure Sensor Super Wide Range
HKS Air Intake Sensor
HKS Intake Air Temp/Pressure Sensor Harness
HKS Intake Air Temp. Sensor Mount 1/8 PT
HKS A/F Knock Amp Black
HKS Cam Gears
Tomei 280/280 Camshafts
Sheppard Transmission Upgrade with Double Sychro 5th, and full ISF
Sheppard Transfer Case
Carbonetics Triple Disc 1350kg PP Evo
Buschur UICP w/ Tial BOV
The hotparts of the turbo kit (turbo manifold, hotside, o2 hosing, and downpipe) will also be sent off to PCI to have a 2000 degree coating put on.
The car previously had all other supporting mods. Ill do my best to keep you guys up to date and post any progress on the build. We started this a few week ago and are pretty much just waiting on parts to start showing up. Im assuming the build will be done sometime in April. Im hoping for some pretty good numbers, but we will have to wait and see what it will be capable of. I may have left some parts out, but I think I got most of them. Enjoy
My last setup was a stock block FP Green with HKS 272s all supporting mods, etc. and meth. I made 405hp/386tq on meth. I was doing a few highway pulls against a friend of mine with a 03 560whp Cobra. I was actually about 1/2 car lenght ahead (believe me or not Im not here to debate it, I have witnesses) and my car just shut off, no breaking, clanking, or any noise at all for that matter. I ended up having my car towed home, no fun whatsoever. After consulting my previous shop, which I will leave unnamed for the time being, and consulting a few other shops, I decided to take the car to Forged Performance. Ive had some work done here before and has been nothing short of perfect. Their labor is expensive, but in my opinion worth it. They work on mostly 350z's and G35's but happen to have a AWD Dynamics Dyno. In short, its a great shop, flawless work, great tuner, etc. My car is currently at the shop undergoing the current build.
I talked to Sharif, the owner of Forged Performance, for a long time and decided the direction I wanted to go in depending on the problem with the motor. After the motor was broken down it was concluded that the cause of my motor shutting down was detonation in one of the cylinders. This was caused by a bad tune on my meth map as my pump map never had the smallest issue. This just made me more secure with my decision to switch shops. We talked about what I wanted to do with the build and came up with quite a rediculous, but awesome setup. The mods that are going on the car are listed below. Oh, and for anyone who thinks this is just a dream setup and that I am not serious, you should know that all the parts have been paid for and ordered, most of the labor has been paid for, so this build is a reality, not just wishful thinking. Here are the mods:
AMS 2.3L RR Motor
AMS Race Ported Head
AMS HTA37R Turbo Kit
AMS VSR Intake Manifold
AMS 1000 HP Fuel System
AMS LICP
AMS Small Battery
AMS L19 Head Studs
AMS 1200cc Injectors
HKS EVC VI Boost Controller
HKS FCon VPro
HKS Mitsubishi Evo 03-04 Harness
HKS Pressure Sensor Super Wide Range
HKS Air Intake Sensor
HKS Intake Air Temp/Pressure Sensor Harness
HKS Intake Air Temp. Sensor Mount 1/8 PT
HKS A/F Knock Amp Black
HKS Cam Gears
Tomei 280/280 Camshafts
Sheppard Transmission Upgrade with Double Sychro 5th, and full ISF
Sheppard Transfer Case
Carbonetics Triple Disc 1350kg PP Evo
Buschur UICP w/ Tial BOV
The hotparts of the turbo kit (turbo manifold, hotside, o2 hosing, and downpipe) will also be sent off to PCI to have a 2000 degree coating put on.
The car previously had all other supporting mods. Ill do my best to keep you guys up to date and post any progress on the build. We started this a few week ago and are pretty much just waiting on parts to start showing up. Im assuming the build will be done sometime in April. Im hoping for some pretty good numbers, but we will have to wait and see what it will be capable of. I may have left some parts out, but I think I got most of them. Enjoy
Hey Ryan, thanks for being patient as the buildup progressed. I know how frustrating it can be, to wait as your car is completed. Ryan and I talked/saw each other about every day during the buildup. 
Like Eric@AMS mentioned, running a large shop, with 20-30 cars in rotation, is a huge juggling act. It's a careful balance that can easily become upset, should something unexpected pop up. We have a large backlog of work, because people really enjoying doing business with us, and we have a passion for working on Z, G's, and Evos. We have two more big Evo projects coming to life, right after Ryan's is done.
It's been a real pleasure working with Ryan on this incredible buildup. No stone was left unturned. We have just finished our load based dyno break in, and initial WG pressure tune. The engine sounds amazing. AMS did a great job...in fact this car is pretty much a rolling showcase of everything that AMS has to offer.
Thanks for all of the support guys. I am sure Ryan will chime in later with his impressions.
Like Eric@AMS mentioned, running a large shop, with 20-30 cars in rotation, is a huge juggling act. It's a careful balance that can easily become upset, should something unexpected pop up. We have a large backlog of work, because people really enjoying doing business with us, and we have a passion for working on Z, G's, and Evos. We have two more big Evo projects coming to life, right after Ryan's is done. It's been a real pleasure working with Ryan on this incredible buildup. No stone was left unturned. We have just finished our load based dyno break in, and initial WG pressure tune. The engine sounds amazing. AMS did a great job...in fact this car is pretty much a rolling showcase of everything that AMS has to offer.
Thanks for all of the support guys.
I am sure Ryan will chime in later with his impressions.
I would talk to AMS. They did break-in on then engine they built for me.
haha...i had the same set up, 2.3L, peakboost 37r, AMS vsr, AEM EMS, 100percent meth, and all of the supporting mods... It was fun for the 400 miles that it lasted.. then blew all to hell.
couple questions/comments.
If you follow the "1500 mile easy break in period" you might not seat your piston rings properly. some folks would say that the best way to break in a new motor is to give it a few high boost/power dyno runs. read up on this so you make good power. its important.
why the hell would you start the car with no IC piping? lugging the **** out of the motor is not such a good idea. maybe im missing something.
If you follow the "1500 mile easy break in period" you might not seat your piston rings properly. some folks would say that the best way to break in a new motor is to give it a few high boost/power dyno runs. read up on this so you make good power. its important.
why the hell would you start the car with no IC piping? lugging the **** out of the motor is not such a good idea. maybe im missing something.
We started the car with no IC piping just to crank her up and make sure she would turn over. The car was on for a total of 2 minutes and how do you figgure we were lugging the **** out of the motor? The only throttle that was given was to keep the motor from stalling out, rev's never passed 2500 at any point. So that is what you are missing.
Hey Ryan, thanks for being patient as the buildup progressed. I know how frustrating it can be, to wait as your car is completed. Ryan and I talked/saw each other about every day during the buildup. Like Eric@AMS mentioned, running a large shop, with 20-30 cars in rotation, is a huge juggling act. It's a careful balance that can easily become upset, should something unexpected pop up. We have a large backlog of work, because people really enjoying doing business with us, and we have a passion for working on Z, G's, and Evos. We have two more big Evo projects coming to life, right after Ryan's is done.
It's been a real pleasure working with Ryan on this incredible buildup. No stone was left unturned. We have just finished our load based dyno break in, and initial WG pressure tune. The engine sounds amazing. AMS did a great job...in fact this car is pretty much a rolling showcase of everything that AMS has to offer.
Thanks for all of the support guys. I am sure Ryan will chime in later with his impressions.
Like Eric@AMS mentioned, running a large shop, with 20-30 cars in rotation, is a huge juggling act. It's a careful balance that can easily become upset, should something unexpected pop up. We have a large backlog of work, because people really enjoying doing business with us, and we have a passion for working on Z, G's, and Evos. We have two more big Evo projects coming to life, right after Ryan's is done. It's been a real pleasure working with Ryan on this incredible buildup. No stone was left unturned. We have just finished our load based dyno break in, and initial WG pressure tune. The engine sounds amazing. AMS did a great job...in fact this car is pretty much a rolling showcase of everything that AMS has to offer.
Thanks for all of the support guys.
I am sure Ryan will chime in later with his impressions. I will try to get a couple video's up later tonight, we took a few of the car driving by.