Rob meets high-horsepower tuner Tony Palo – of T1 Race Development – and gets a lesson in building ridiculously fast street cars.

But we don't stop there. Rob tags along to a shakedown test of a V10 Audi R8 with well into four digits of turbocharged horsepower (2,061hp and 1,246lb-ft of torque) at the drag strip. Of course, the stock axles can handle the stress, right?

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 T1 Race Development
00:50 Nissan GT-R Build
03:36 Audi R8 Build
05:52 Road Drive
07:58 Limit Testing
09:46 Conclusion

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