Roshan Poptani and the BoostDistrict crew turned a Corvette E-Ray into the world's first twin-turbocharged Corvette E-Ray in the span of two weeks. With little in the way of testing, the pictured sports car took to the Texas Motorplex for some quarter-mile action. The best run yet is 9.741 seconds at 152.99 miles per hour (246 kilometers per hour), and there's room for improvement.
As big kahuna Roshan points out, 60 feet in 1.778 seconds isn't exactly great for a car with this much power and torque going to all four wheels. Looking at the bigger picture, bear in mind that said car is running the stock camshaft, stock heads, and no piggyback tuning. The carbon-fiber wheels and Michelin tires haven't been changed either, and the same applies to the E-Ray's suspension system.
Currently the world's fastest E-Ray in the quarter mile, the black-painted car in the video below is equipped with Extreme Turbo Systems Gen2 PT6466 turbochargers, heavy-duty clutch plates manufactured in-house by BoostDistrict, a Lingenfelter Performance Engineering fuel pump and pistons, plus an engine control unit cracked by Trifecta Performance.
Now imagine a recalibrated transmission control unit, a set of drag radials, and some mods for the suspension to keep those front tires on the blacktop at launch. With a bit of luck, Roshan could get into the 8-second range in the near future.
BoostDistrict offers twin-turbo packages for the C8 starting at $21,250 installed and tuned, and BoostDistrict is much obliged to deliver 1,000-horsepower builds. Unfortunately, the Midlothian-based company did not mention how much power and torque the twin-turbo Corvette E-Ray produces. On the upside, we do know the bone-stock car develops 524.45 horsepower and close to 598 pound-feet (811 Nm) of torque at the wheels.
Photo: BoostDistrict on Instagram
A pretty sweet baseline, and pretty impressive compared to the crankshaft numbers advertised by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. Including the front-mounted electric drive unit, the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray develops 655 horsepower and 592 pound-feet (nearly 803 Nm).
The 6.2-liter small block is shared with the Stingray. Being equipped with the NPP dual mode exhaust system, the free-breathing mill belts out 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet (637 Nm) at full chatter. Connected to a 1.9-kWh battery that enables full-electric driving at up to 45 miles per hour (72 kilometers per hour), the front drive unit makes 160 ponies and 122 pound-feet (165 Nm).
In addition to being the first-ever hybrid and all-wheel-drive Corvette, the E-Ray also happens to be the first Corvette that can switch to front-wheel drive at the touch of a button. Chevy advertises 2.5 seconds to 60 miles per hour (that's 97 kilometers per hour) and 10.5 seconds for the quarter mile.
From the standpoint of pricing, the hellishly quick 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray slots between the Stingray and Z06. The MSRP is $104,900 sans destination charge for the 1LZ Coupe as opposed to $68,300 for the Stingray and $112,700 for the Z06.
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