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1,000 HP Twin-Turbo C8 Corvette Breaks Quarter-Mile Record: Video

Last year, automotive YouTuber Emilia Hartford documented her journey as she attempted to boost the output of her C8 Corvette by attaching a pair of turbochargers to the stock 6.2L LT2 V8 engine.

Unfortunately for Emilia, this journey ended with her new Corvette grenading a piston. Determined to have the fastest C8 Corvette in the world, she then commissioned Texas Speed to build her a new twin-turbo LT2 motor with a Peitz Performance boost controller and a standalone Holley Dominator ECU. With this new engine installed, her C8 Corvette made a whopping 1,022 horsepower on the dyno – making it the most powerful C8 Corvette in existence. For now, anyway.

Now Emilia is putting her 1,000-plus horsepower C8 Corvette to the test in the real world. She recently completed a successful shakedown of the twin-turbo Vette at the dragstrip, putting in a 9.41-second quarter-mile time on a set of sticky Mickey Thompson drag radials. Her Corvette isn’t the first to break into the nine-second barrier (a handful of other modded C8s have also put in nine-second-quarter miles) but no one else has come even close to a 9.41-second pass.

With a little bit more tuning, we wouldn’t be surprised to see Emilia’s C8 Corvette post an even faster quarter-mile time. The car seemed to not even break a sweat on its way to the 9.41-second pass, so it will be interesting to see how much more performance her team and her are able to extract from this platform going forward. Could an eight-second pass be possible>

Check out the video embedded below to see a C8 Corvette race through the quarter-mile in record time.

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Sam loves to write and has a passion for auto racing, karting and performance driving of all types.

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  1. It’s not the factory built LT2 that came with the car it’s a Race built LT2 ? A 1022hp 2 seat made out of fiberglass, It should be doing 8’s already

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  2. I do have a C8 and run the car at Orlando Speed World totally stock . Stock tires and 93 fuel it passes at 11.5 . I watched your run if you really considered about time take the little wing off . Stop trying to beat the transmission it’s a lot faster than your fingers . I know this because I am a Summer National champion on motorcycle. So if you want to knock off tents try it . I’ll be watching take care .

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  3. You should check out the Corvette from LMR, ran a street driven Corvette on the quarter mile way under 9.41 seconds. How is this C8 now a record holder?

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