C8 Corvette owners eager to squeeze a little more juice from their Vette’s mid-mounted V8 can do exactly that with Lingenfelter’s new High-Performance Hornet Cold Air Intake Airbox, by Halltech.
Based out of Brighton, Michigan, Lingenfelter has built a reputation for churning out all manner of go-faster parts and builds for a variety of GM vehicles, including the Chevy Corvette. Now, with the C8 Corvette prowling the streets, Lingenfelter is offering a catalogue of performance bits, including this new airbox.
According to the tuner, the new High-Performance Hornet Cold Air Intake Airbox blesses the C8 Corvette with an average increase of 17 horsepower and 25 pound-feet of torque compared to the factory components. What’s more, Lingenfelter says the new intake upgrade serves as the perfect complement to the company’s other performance add-ons, such as the Lingenfelter Magnuson TVS2650 supercharger package, or the Performance Design pTR intake manifold.
The High-Performance Hornet Cold Air Intake Airbox features a Blue-Bee Dry TKO Performance Nano air filter with 600 square-inches of filter area, as well as rotomolded filter box, reflective stainless steel, and military-grade XLPE insulation. In addition, the airbox incorporates a molded velocity stack and reverse flow partition for laminar flow at the MAF sensor.
Installation is relatively simple using basic tools, and the airbox reuses the factory throttle body connector hose, PCV fitting, left and right inlet ducts, and mounting bolts. No tuning or elaborate modifications are required.
The new Lingenfelter High-Performance Hornet Cold Air Intake Airbox by Halltech can be fitted to both C8 Corvette Coupe and C8 Corvette Convertible models. Installation for Convertible models requires that the top center rivet nut on the access panel be drilled out for removal.
Pricing for the Lingenfelter High-Performance Hornet Cold Air Intake Airbox by Halltech is set at $795, per the Lingenfelter website.
As a reminder, the C8 Corvette Stingray features the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine, rated at 490 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque. Under the body panels, the C8 Corvette rides on the GM Y2 platform, while production takes place exclusively at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky.
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Comments
We removed those restrictive baffles/silencers in the airbox that allows you to have a conversation in the cabin to extract even more horsepower than you needed in the first place. Then we install a higher flow filter that lets even more dirt into said engine when you fail to maintain/oil it and all for just $4995.00.
At least it is not over $1000, like some airboxes. I realize as it is not universal and can only fit a Corvette, the market
for them is limited, hence the higher price. But, to me, at best this is a $375 part.
Since purchasing my C8, a great value, it seems every accessory is not a value, or relative in price to its true cost
of engineering and production. Yeah, whiney, whiney whiney.
But I would be glad to have that 17 horsepower, and be able to say – yeah, it’s got 500.
And, I will probably get one.
Yep I had always wanted 500 HP and was looking forward to the C8 having that. Imagine the disappointment when they said 495 COULDN’T THAY HAVE JUST LIED
Just take it to LMR, they’ll take care of your HP needs! 🙂
The factory intakes on most cars and trucks are pretty restrictive, so I have no doubt believing their claims on the HP increase.
Wondering whether the trunk liner goes back in place without modification.
All I did was replace the factory filter with an “ATTACK BLUE C8 CORVETTE DRY NANO AIR FILTER” and that put me over 500 HP. It cost a lot less than $795. Pretty simple to install too.
Will it void the warranty if installed?