Tuning options for the C8 Corvette are, for the moment, quite limited. While some brave owners and tuning shops have experimented with installing turbochargers on the car, the vehicle’s encrypted ECU limits the payoff that pricey upgrades like these can have and can also make tuning the car a risky endeavour.
Now Kansas City-based company ProCharger claims to have developed a solution to the problem. The company’s new centrifugal supercharger system for the C8 Corvette is allegedly capable of boosting the output of the factory GM 6.2L LT2 V8 engine from 495 horsepower to over 700 horsepower. The details on this new C8 Corvette compatible supercharger system are slim for the moment, but the company says that it will be a bolt-on intercooled system that can run on pump gas.
ProCharger also released a video this week of one of its supercharged C8 Corvette development cars revving and doing a burnout, which was accompanied by the tagline: “What does a 700 horsepower LT2 sound like?”
“Thanks to the amazing engineers at ProCharger, the world’s first bolt on supercharger system for the Corvette C8 platform, is just around the corner,” the company said on its website.
While tuners have yet to unlock GM’s encrypted ECU for the C8 Corvette, it’s good to see the aftermarket figuring out new ways for owners to boost the performance of the new mid-engine sports car. After all, tuning and modifying has always been a big part of the Corvette culture, and there’s no reason for that to go away with the C8 Corvette.
We’re still waiting on ProCharger to release details on pricing and availability for its new supercharger system, so for now, check out the video embedded below to see and hear the company’s C8 Corvette development car in action.
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All those photos and a video and not a single view of the supercharger?!
Hope the tranny holds up
Jeff – My first thought was will those axles that keep failing handle 700 horsepower. Not that Emelia Hartford is any example of how to build power into a C8, but every time she adds power, something on her car breaks. Then her followers get to share in a bit of angst and drama. Then the next fix. She appears to reside in California but goes all over. No one is fooled by that, “…in Mexico…” excuse. She is running the C8 in California with totally illegal parts all over it such as the cats, for just one example. Point is, what R and D has been done by Pro-Charger that will allow the C8 to run, so that it will not break down either the axles or the transmission. And, other components break. Likely, modifying the current C8 at about 700 horsepower, if likely near the max without having to change a lot of parts to heavy duty to compensate for the added horsepower with pieces that were not designed to support it. AF
Too funny. Just like all the companies that promised a Tesla beater back in 2018 still have yet to deliver. So many purportedly have C8 power increases but nothing verified no real data or proof just Click bait
how many convertibles made in 2020 corvette c8
The stats are out on that. 14, 186 coupes were made; and, 20, 386 total C8’s were made on the line with one form of VIN or another. The difference equals the number of convertibles that were made: Get out your cell phone calculator or other calculator for that matter. AF
Great. Will this help keep them from getting trashed? lol. Sounds to me like this will be yet another step towards more C8 crashes.