"800 crank horsepower with 550 pound-feet of torque on a 93 octane tune..." the e-mail reads. It's from Martin Musial, founder and president of Chicago-based AMS Performance, one of the country's premier aftermarket race and street car builders.
Intrigued, we continue reading: "...it's capable of running low 10-second passes at well over 130 mph with stock-like drivability and reliability. Besides a louder exhaust note, the car behaves just like stock -- including spool up."
As excited as a 12-year-old at a Justin Bieber concert, we delve into our test database and scroll back to 2006. Never mind the Corvette ZR1 or Porsche Turbo -- this GT-R's claimed figures are in Veyron territory. And its price is nowhere near that of a Veyron.
"Test car, please?!" we immediately reply.

Two days later, we're at the Auto Club Speedway drag strip in Fontana, California, primed and pumped. As they're setting up, our Blackberry hums. It's another e-mail from Musial, listing the car's parts. The Alpha 9's spec sheet is a tuner's fantasy:
AMS upgraded billet wheel ball bearing turbochargers (21 psi boost)
AMS upgraded fuel system
AMS upgraded large diameter compressor inlet tubes and air intake pipes with filters
AMS-spec wastegate actuators
AMS 90 mm stainless steel 200-cell catalytic converter downpipes
AMS 90 mm stainless steel resonated mid-pipe/y-pipe
HKS Legamax Tig-welded stainless steel rear exhaust
AMS-spec upgraded camshafts with Ferrera Springs and retainers
AMS upgraded front mount intercooler kit
AMS 76 mm intercooler piping with HKS blow-off valves
Cobb AccessPORT tuner with custom AMS mapping with 7400 rpm redline
JRZ RS Pro coil-over dampers with external reservoirs
Volk Racing RE30 19-inch (10-inches wide front, 10.5-inches wide rear)
Continental ContisportContact 3's (285/35ZR-19 all around)
AMS carbon-Kevlar hood with air inlets
AMS carbon-Kevlar without spoiler