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"  It took them a while, but the folks at HKS, Japan&amp;#039;s foremost aftermarket tuner, have created their version of high-performance GT, . Lowered slightly and wearing black Yokohama Advan RS-D wheels, the HKS GT-R looks ominous. There&amp;#039;s also a new exhaust system, the very thing that highlights the difference between the stock GT-R and the HKS version when the 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged engine bursts to life. It doesn&amp;#039;t sound like a GT-R, but rather something Italian. The Stage 1 version of the HKS GT-R includes a variety of changes under the hood. The GT600 Racing Package ($8595) includes a racing center pipe, intercooler pipe kit, electronic boost controller, Super SQV blow-off valve kit, reinforced turbo actuators and high-performance sparkplugs. There is also an intercooler kit ($4795) and a clutch and transmission cooler kit ($2595).   These new components result in a horsepower jump to 638 bhp at 6000 rpm and 606 lb.-ft. of torque at 4000, enough to launch this special GT-R to 60 mph in 3.0 seconds and get to the quarter-mile mark in 11.1 at 128.9 mph. Zero to 100 mph comes at 6.8 sec. This is one mean machine.   And what&amp;#039;s more, HKS made sure that the chassis could handle all the extra power. Thanks in part to the stock car&amp;#039;s rigid nature and HKS&amp;#039;s sport coil-over shocks ($4295), the revived GT-R sticks to the pavement like epoxy, exhibiting flawless balance through most corners. The rear stays firmly planted to the ground, but if it does come loose, all the driver needs to do is keep the throttle pedal pegged to the floor; the GT-R&amp;#039;s excellent all-wheel-drive system stabilizes the car almost magically. Around the skidpad the car registered 0.97g and flew through the slalom at 73.8 mph. That&amp;#039;s a tick slower than the last stock GT-R we tested, likely attributable to Bridgestones that aren&amp;#039;t as sticky as the Dunlops on the stock car.   HKS decided not to install bigger turbos for this Stage 1 version, but Jon Kuroyama, manager of R&amp;amp;amp;D at HKS, said that there are definitely plans for a Stage 2 version, with new, bigger turbo\u00ADchargers. Still, the Stage 1 version was quite enough to satisfy my appetite for performance, and although I had wanted this car to arrive sooner, the HKS GT-R was well worth the wait. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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