It looks like Amuse finally did it! It broke the 600 hp barrier for the Nissan GT-R! According to Japanese automotive magazine, BestCar, the Amuse team broke the 600 hp mark with a little bit of tweak for the engine control unit(ECU) and a high flow exhaust. With the help of these things the Japanese tuner obtaine exactly 603.73 hp and 576 Nm of torque.


Now the only question is how the stock gearbox will support the additional power output. It is known that due to the dual-clutch gearbox the friction surface is much smaller than on a stock single plate clutch.

With all the news surrounding the Nissan GT-R V-Spec, the progress on the Godzilla tuning front has been largely overlooked. According to a recent article in Japan's BestCar magazine, the Amuse team has broken the 600 hp mark (at the crank) with a combination of a high-flow exhaust and a tweaked ECU. There were no details on how the GT-R's computer was hacked, but Amuse was able to up the boost to 18 psi, resulting in an increase in output to 602.73 hp and 576.95 lb.-ft. of torque.

However, tuners are beginning to question how the stock gearbox will hold up under the strain of additional output. MCR, which brought out its GT-R for filming of Hot Version 93, has been exacting its own brand of punishment on its tuned GT-R and is worried how long the transmission will last. It's not clear if the tranny woes are due to the clutch plates or something else, but it's been all but confirmed that dual-clutch gearboxes have an issue with additional torque since the friction surface is much smaller than on a stock (read: single plate) clutch. MCR's best guesstimate is that the stock 'box might only be able to hold up to the additional power for 12 months before problems begin arise. Now, we're particularly interested in how Nissan is beefing up the tranny on the V-Spec to handle its rumored 600 hp.