9ff the Porsche power superhouse has sprinkled some of their turbo magic on the Porsche GT. Taking the stock NA V10 motor normally producing 600 horsepower and added 300 horsepower to it through their twin turbo kit. There is no doubt 9ff knows what they are doing but it will be interesting to see how stuffing all that power and heat will do when the GT is pushed on the track. One of the great things about the Porsche GT was its raceability. You could cruise off the street onto the track and run lap after lap without the engine overheating.

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G-Power’s modified M5 reached 228.4 mph making it the fastest BMW sedan on earth. Current model is running around 11.6 psi of boost from twin ASA superchargers. They claim the engine is able to take 14 psi or even higher. No mention on if they will do it just that is available to them if they need it.

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Here we see a video of the Samurai Speed GT-R’s transmission being destroyed on launch. This particular GT-R is cable of doing the quarter at 10.5 seconds at around 128 mph.

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Speedhunters has a great article talking about the 900 horsepower Dahlback VW Golf. It is able to get produce that horsepower from a 2.1L inline 5 cylinder Audi engine. It is also running AWD with that power. Videos below of its ability.

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ABF Performance has built the fastest Mini Cooper on Earth. To obtain this title the Mini had a weight reduction to the tune of 1,750 lbs, drag slicks, and 650 horsepower and 423 torque from a big turbo. All this added up gives the Mini a quarter-mile run of 10.48 at 135.16 mph.

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Motor Trend gave the Nissan GT-R its Car of the Year award. Now the GT-R has gotten the Motor Trend award, Automobile Magazine Car of the Year, and Popular Science Best’s of whats new award. We can only seeing it take more.

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MotorTrend pitted the Corvette ZR1, Porsche 911 GT2, Ferrari 599, and Nissan GT-R against each other in another automotive decathlon. To be honest not too much is settled besides looking at the last page. After absorbing in all the small differences in times and taking a look at the prices and seeing that if you can get a GT-R for sticker price it packs a great deal of performance into a super price.

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Katech offers a supercharged LS7 which pushes 750 horsepower and 700lb-ft torque. This is 112 more horsepower then the ZR1 LS9. Of course the engine needs upgrades to achieve these numbers and includes a upgraded crank, steel rods, custom aluminum pistons, custom camshaft, and a Magnuson M22 twin-screw supercharger running 7-10 psi boost. Obviously Katech knows what they are doing but the LS9 has a thicker walls to compensate for the boost since the LS9 was the first in the LSx platform to get forced induction from the factory. Katech is also has in the works a twin turbo version which is supposed to offer more horsepower.

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