Since the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 deliveries started late last year, it’s difficult to talk about titles such as “the most powerful in the world”. Still, if we factor in the stock supercharger, we can say the Z06 in the video below is the most potent on the planet.
To be more precise, this ‘Vette delivers 743 horsepower and a whopping 794 lb-ft (1.077 Nm) at the wheels. As a brief reminder, the standard Z06 prides itself with 650 hp and 650 lb-ft (881 Nm) at the crank.
The supercar comes from Late Model Racecraft and you should expect the crew to get rid of the factory Eaton blower soon. The thing may spin at up to 20,000 rpm, surpassing the C6 ZR1’s charger by 5,000 rpm, but its 1.7-liter capacity is still a limit in the race to the 1,000 hp mark (and beyond).
GM obviously wanted to keep the LT4 6.2-liter V8 under the hood as compact and lightweight as possible, so the 1.7-liter setup was considered ideal, but tuners obviously favor big muscle numbers over drivability, so the Eaton blower has to go. For now, they've only played the header game, along with a custom ECU map.
In fact, Lingenfelter has already replaced the supercharger with an Edelbrock blower and we've written about that earlier today. They are only doing benchmark work for the moment, so the results are under what LMR achieved, but once these people open up the engine, you can expect anything to happen.
While LMR brags about this being the first Z06 to break the 700 RWHP barrier, we're waiting to see what happens once the engine bay gets really loaded. These guys can take the C7 to 1,250 horses via twin turbos, so you can imagine what they'll do with the Z06...
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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