The day after my big Meet...

http://www.dsmpurity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7673

Batteries Plus flew me back to Waukesha, WI, for some conversion training. This was the second and final time I was going there (first time being last month) so I wanted to take my opportunity on seeing AMS in West Chicago.

Last week, I went to visit the infamous AMS EVO pilot, Eric Jones. We actually went and graduated at the same high school here in Jacksonville, FL and hung out in the latter 90's before he eventually moved away to Chicago to work at the small shop called Automotosports. Anyhow, I called him up to see if I could come by AMS and see the shop. Well, I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking...







The "Call Center"...




Every custom shop needs one of these in the lobby...






Went in the bays and found Eric working on a customer's fuel pump issue on their Talon...



Oh and those aren't real "Racing Hart" wheels. They're "Racing Type" wheels! Eric made it a point to tell me since he remembered that I used to roll on Racing Hart wheels.






5 bays are pictured, but there are actually two more. As you can see the shop is very clean and well organized...



The new project shooting to be the World's Quickest Hurst...





Here's a Genesis that they were installing an upgraded 18G turbo(customer supplied) and AMS FMIC on...




Eric holding the turbocharger...






What fell out...




The AMS EVO8 stripped bare. NOS Energy Drinks is no longer their sponsor and according to Eric, this may be the last hurrah...








In case any of you forgot what it looked like before the NOS Energy Drink sponsor, here's a link to when he brought the AMS EVO to Florida and I caught up with him and did a small photoshoot with it when I still had my old Volks...

http://www.dsmpurity.com/forum/showt...hlight=FRIENDS

So Eric and I, hopped in my blistering rental Ford Focus sedan and he decided to take us to this restaurant...




Returned to AMS and Eric had to get back to work. Here's more pictures of the outside before I had to head back to Milwaukee to fly back to Florida...





















Hope you guys enjoyed. Sorry the pictures were in and out of focus, I was scrambling to get as many pictures taken before leaving...

 

Wow, that black Talon used to belong to one of my close friends back in Cleveland, OH! Never thought I'd see that car again. I remember when he put those mirrors/wheels on!

Used to have a Greddy 18g on there, pulled hard as hell for the small mods it had at the time! This was about 3 years ago haha.

 

Awesome post man!

 

Nice post Ern.

 

You are my hero Ern!

 

I definitely wanted to share with you guys and if my old *** can still be impressed after being in the game for 13 years, then it's got to be some kind of unique to others. Even I couldn't believe I was at AMS. Glad you guys enjoyed.

 

nice, ernie! looks like you made the most of your time in cold*** wisconsin

 

It funny I guess cause I'm an AMS local I forget how many people would love to see the AMS shop. Nice job man

 

Man its a dream of mine to one day work at or own a shop like AMS...Everybody has to start somewhere..I have the welding experience..Now just need more fabbing EXP..Hell id work for free just to pick their brains..Thanks for the pics Ernie..You always seem to spoil us..Justin

 

At least it wasnt snowing when you went there. I drove a good hour and a half through snow and a day after having the stomach flu. AMS is definitely one of the cleanest, well organized shops I have ever seen and all the R&D going on is amazing. I liked the 4 GTR's that were up on lifts, all without transmissions.

 

more pics of the Hurst?

 

It was cold, but not as cold as it was the first time I went up there last month. The day I went to AMS, the outside temperature was in the high 30's was flip-flop weather for me! I just didn't pack them unfortunately.

Reminds me when everyone in the nation was keeping an eye on the Ford GT with the first turbo setup at Stage 6 Motorsports. I worked a block from them, and would stop in on my lunch breaks.

I know right? I mean how many shops have you been to where all the garbage cans are uniformly placed behind each lift? Organization to the tee! Now that I'm back, I can get back to the Meet pictures from two weeks ago. More spoiling from me coming soon on another thread near you!

It was snowing on the way back to Milwaukee on one of the nights I went to Chicago. I did everything to keep that Ford Focus rental car on the road going straight!

All the pictures you see, are all the pictures I have. I did forget to mention that the turbo in there is a 42R and the record they're trying to beat is only mid-13's. I think they have another trophy coming in the future.

 

that shop is no joke.