Lingenfelter Magnuson Supercharged 2024 Corvette E-Ray Makes 734 Wheel Horsepower

Out back, the 6.2-liter small block is equipped with a 95-millimeter throttle body as opposed to 87 millimeters for the factory unit. Lingenfelter also recalibrates the V8 engine's control unit by means of the C-Cal process, which does not entail piggyback devices. The Eaton-designed Magnuson TVS2650 Roots-type supercharger is joined by a heat exchanger and intercooler system.

The aforementioned $35,000 further gets you an upgraded valvetrain, a trunnion kit from CHE Precision, and new pistons from Stuttgart-based Mahle GmbH. Compatible with both the E-Ray coupe and E-Ray convertible, said package is CARB pending. Otherwise put, you can't run said blower in California.

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering advertises 730-plus wheel horsepower. The math does check out, with the supercharged E-Ray in the video below recording 734.27 wheel horsepower at 5,670 revolutions per minute on the dyno. The folks at Paragon Performance recorded 792.66 pound-feet of torque at the wheels, meaning a staggering 1,075 Nm in the metric system.

Suppose the supercharged E-Ray's drivetrain losses are 15 percent for both power and torque, bringing us to "crankshaft" numbers of approximately 864 horsepower and 932 pound-feet (1,251 Nm). Emphasis on the quotation marks because the E-Ray is a hybrid whose front-mounted electric drive unit is juiced up by a relatively small battery (1.9 kilowatt hours) located in the center tunnel.

The Chevrolet division advertises 655 horsepower and 592 pound-feet (almost 803 Nm) of torque at full chatter, of which the front electric motor is responsible for 160 horsepower and 122 pound-feet (165 Nm). Speaking of which, said electric drive unit renders the E-Ray a front-wheel-drive car in Stealth Mode, which enables the E-Ray to operate on electric power at up to 45 mph (72 kph).

Chevrolet advertises the Stingray's electrified brother as the quickest series-production Corvette to 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour in 2.5 seconds) and in the quarter mile (10.5 seconds). However, it's not the fastest of the bunch. E-Ray is good for 183 miles per hour (295 kilometers per hour) versus 194 (312) for the Stingray, 184 (296) for the Stingray Z51, 195 (314) for the Z06, and 189 (304) for the Z06 Z07.

Impressive though it may be, Lingenfelter's $35,000 supercharger package for the E-Ray bumps up the hybrid sports car's final price to $141,595 for the 1LZ Coupe. That's quite a bit more than the C7-generation ZR1, and chances are that the forthcoming C8-generation ZR1 is more affordable as well. Due this summer as a 2025 model, the all-new ZR1 is best described as a boosted Z06.

Instead of a supercharger, the name of the game is turbocharging. The free-breathing LT6 of the Z06 morphs into the LT7 with said turbochargers, which should improve the LT6's 670-hp rating to more than 800 ponies at the crankshaft. Be it a cross-plane crank or a flat-plane unit, only time will tell.