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1,000 Horsepower Corvette Takes Off Like A Rocket Down The Quarter-Mile
Motorious via Yahoo ^ | August 24th, 2024 | Johnny Puckett

Posted on 08/24/2024 9:30:30 AM PDT by Mariner

his great pedestal that the Corvette has been risen to has also allowed the car to grow and expand in the aftermarket world. As we all know, the aftermarket scene can be a powerful thing, pun intended. However, when starting with a platform as awesome as the nation's greatest American powerhouse there is a lot of potential to make something truly amazing. This is best exemplified by today’s example which is a fantastic combination of lightweight and heavy horsepower.

It all started with a little red C8 Corvette. After a long and arduous process, this vehicle has driven headfirst into the realm of automotive greatness. This ascension was helped in large part due to the twin-turbo system which allows the acquisition of over 1,075 horsepower. Of course, this extreme power figure was achieved as well through the efforts of the FuelTech automotive company.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Sports
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For motor heads...

Great video of a C8 Vette running 9.6 quarter mile. A total of 14 runs in a single day, and nothing broke. At least one run shut down early do to an excessive wheely. That's right, the front wheels off the ground on every run.

FYI: While this is an after market build, Chevy ALSO produces a twin turbo Vette now that makes over 1,000HP.

Both 100% street legal.

1 posted on 08/24/2024 9:30:30 AM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

Video may be great but the text looks like it was written by an AI in a foreign language and then google-translated.


2 posted on 08/24/2024 9:35:19 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Mariner
It all started with a little red C8 Corvette.


3 posted on 08/24/2024 9:37:33 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Mariner

Wheels-up!


4 posted on 08/24/2024 9:46:53 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: Mariner
It appears that the redesign to mid-engine has transformed the Vette from a mid-life crisis symbol to a bona fide super car.
5 posted on 08/24/2024 9:49:18 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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Yep


6 posted on 08/24/2024 9:58:09 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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There’s supposed to be a hybrid coming out that pulls like a locomotive at low rpm’s.


7 posted on 08/24/2024 10:04:38 AM PDT by packagingguy
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“At full chat, the engine runs on 20 psi of boost with so much air pumping through the cylinders that the exhaust exiting the four tailpipes pushes the car with 37 pounds of thrust.”

The new 2025 ZR1, also over 1,000hp and a factory guarantee too.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2025-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-first-look-review/


8 posted on 08/24/2024 10:12:13 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Why the manual shift? Seems like an automatic would be a more seamless, steady acceleration.

Not that I know anything; it’s just intuitive to me as I watched him let off the gas several times to shift manually.


9 posted on 08/24/2024 10:21:50 AM PDT by Migraine ( )
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“Not that I know anything; it’s just intuitive to me as I watched him let off the gas several times to shift manually.”

That was a hard shifting automatic.

Manual transmission is unavailable.


10 posted on 08/24/2024 10:30:51 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Hasn’t this Fueltech mod 1075 hp C8 been around since 2021?

https://www.corvetteforum.com/how-tos/slideshows/fueltech-coaxes-1-000-hp-out-of-twin-turbo-c8-651829#king-of-the-hill


11 posted on 08/24/2024 10:33:54 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Mariner

1,000 hp.

You can go from Zero to dead in less than 6 seconds.

I look at videos of idiots and imbeciles who are doing street takeovers in their thousand horsepower cars, and I wonder just how much brain damage is required to take an $80,000 car out to destroy it?

https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2022/02/01/accident-hip-hop-artist-wrecks-new-c8-corvette-and-cant-believe-it-nsfw/


12 posted on 08/24/2024 10:39:31 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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A Miata is more fun to drive. I never understood why GM could never produce a 6-cylinder Miata. In the 60’s, the Corvette was about 40-50% above the Impala, the standard passenger car. The differential is a lot larger now. A 6-cylinder Miata could fit in this price range. Maybe it is the same reason we have $100,000 pickup trucks.


13 posted on 08/24/2024 10:52:21 AM PDT by alternatives?
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Yep. It’s getting ridiculous. How much faster do you want to go?

Tesla Plaid 0-60 in 1.9s

Many cars 0-60 in < 3s

I have a BMW M3 V8 putting out ~420hp...it’s as much power as I need. Some of these numbers will just make your head spin.

And where can you really use that power? Unless you’re on a track you’re probably putting others at risk just using all that power.


14 posted on 08/24/2024 10:53:27 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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People who know say a Viper just wants to kill you. It is a hard uncomfortable car to drive.

Most high priced super cars are for show. I don’t think they should be outlawed, but maybe restricted for use on public roads.


15 posted on 08/24/2024 10:59:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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To: Mariner

“pushes the car with 37 pounds of thrust.””

Maybe they could enhance that a bit with an actual turbine!


16 posted on 08/24/2024 11:00:45 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Mariner

What kind of batteries does it use?


17 posted on 08/24/2024 11:03:22 AM PDT by bigbob
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“exhaust exiting the four tailpipes pushes the car with 37 pounds of thrust.”

That’s odd because turbochargers take energy OUT of the exhaust stream, they don’t add it.


18 posted on 08/24/2024 11:07:00 AM PDT by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: alternatives?
"A Miata is more fun to drive. I never understood why GM could never produce a 6-cylinder Miata...A 6-cylinder Miata could fit in this price range.

While not a 6, the Pontiac Solstice had a pretty decent 2.4 liter 4. Had GM not shuttered Pontiac, the car had potential. It probably would've met the same fate as the Fiero, spend a few years working out the bugs, get things just right, then abandon the concept altogether.

19 posted on 08/24/2024 11:15:51 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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I totally agree with that...I have owned both Corvette and Miata...Though the Corvette had the power and popularity, the Miata was so much more fun to drive on curvy roads....


20 posted on 08/24/2024 11:15:58 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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