With an all-wheel drive configuration, a six-speed transmission, and a 3.8 liter, twin turbocharged powerplant producing upwards of 600 horsepower under the hood, Nissan’s GT-R is among the baddest production cars on the planet wright off the showroom floor. But as we’ve witnessed, they provide a spectacular palette from which to construct a truly mind-boggling piece of machinery, with horsepower measured in thousands rather than hundreds and elapsed times at the track well into the single digits.

How far into the single digits? A handful of these things have cracked into the 7-second zone at or near 200 mph, and a couple of them are legitimately a year or two away from tickling the 6-second zone. EKanoo Racing in Bahrain holds the outright world record for GT-R’s at a 7.20 and 204 mph, recorded in early March.

The team at T1 Race Development in Texas have been among the top players in the GT-R market, and they vaulted to the top at the recent TX2K16 in Houston when T1’s own Tony Palos powered the companys’ R35 test mule to the quickest run in the United States by a GT-R at the Royal Purple Raceway, cracking off a 7.385 from the growling six-banger.

The T1 machine sports a GT1R Stage 7 4.0 liter R35 Extreme Duty short block with Stage 3 cylinder heads and camshafts, with a pair of Forced Performance HTZ4505 turbos with a water-to-air intercooler. All said, the GT-R produces close to 2,500 horsepower. And best of all, it’s still street legal and street-driven.

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