---
title: "Watch The AMS Alpha G Nissan GT-R Set The World’s First AWD 6-Second Quarter Mile At TX2K17"
description: "Watch the AMS Performance's 2,500-HP Nissan GT-R become the world's quickest AWD in a quarter mile."
date: "2017-03-20"
modified: "2017-03-20"
authors:
  - name: "Danny Choy"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/danny-choy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/8470/watch-the-ams-alpha-g-nissan-gt-r-set-the-worlds-first-awd-6-second-quarter-mile-at-tx2k17"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Nissan News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "GT-R"
  - "Nissan"
  - "Nissan GT-R"
  - "Quarter Mile"
  - "Supercar"
  - "Tuner Cars"
  - "TX2K17"
---

# Watch The AMS Alpha G Nissan GT-R Set The World’s First AWD 6-Second Quarter Mile At TX2K17

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When the R35 Nissan GT-R first arrived in 2007, Nissan reps told journalists that its highly-sophisticated ECU was "untuneable." Fast forward 10 years, the R35 has since been hacked by several tuning houses and AMS Performance has made its name for savagely quick drag-tuned GT-Rs since 2010. And during this year's TX2K17, the Chicago-based performance shop managed to achieve a world's first: a 6.937 quarter mile at 196.27 mph.

The world's first 6-second pass by an all-wheel-drive car almost didn't happen – after one of the runs on Tuesday, the AMS Alpha G suffered an engine fire, which gave the team no choice but to expedite a full motor swap and pass tech in just two days.

In fact, [YouTube channel 1320video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfM3-x3kGA>) claimed AMS ended up on their third motor before they finally achieved their goal. The team's fighting spirit paid off – AMS performance shared the news on Facebook, with a caption that simply read, "6."

Be sure to watch AMS driver Gidi take the Alpha G to a 6.93 second quarter-mile and the immense adrenaline and relief from the team at AMS when they knew they finally did it:

https://youtube.com/embed/gOfM3-x3kGA

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