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If you want a 1000-plus-horsepower product from the Volkswagen Group, you have two routes to choose from. You could go the normal way and plop down a seven-figure check to get yourself on the waitlist for a new Bugatti Chiron. Or, facing a tighter budget and/or timeline, you could go to the aftermarket. Leave it to the folks at Carwow to sort out where your money is best spent.The team pitted an 1100-hp Audi TT RS against a 1200-hp Audi R8 and an 1100-hp Porsche 911 Turbo S in a spectacular drag race video. The TT may sound like an unnatural choice here, but the one in question has had over $100,000 of work put into it by Storm Developments. It retains the 2.5-liter five-cylinder, albeit with a much, much larger single turbo. The brakes, its owner notes, are "sketchy."The R8 is a second-gen car. The stock, naturally aspirated V-10 has been fitted with a pair of turbochargers. Run on E85, the R8 is good for about 1200 hp. As for the 911, the normal 3.8-liter flat-six has been bored out to 4.2 liters. The mods go on from there, but the top-line number is the big one: 1100 hp, routed to all four wheels. That makes three entirely different ways to get to 1100-plus hp. Front-engine, bigger turbos. Mid-engine, add turbos. Or rear-engine, bigger turbos.From a roll, it's the 911 that takes it. The R8 puts up a valiant fight. The TT, with its massive single turbo, has to trudge through a huge empty spot in its powerband before rocketing off. Run it from a stop and that becomes less of an issue. In a standing-start quarter-mile, the TT holds level with the R8 as the 911 saunters off. The conclusion, then, isn't quite shocking. The car that makes the most power stock is best suited to handling crazy aftermarket power. Maybe you should just go for that Bugatti.