This Massive Turbo Has A 1,300-HP Corvette Z06 And A Chute Attached To It
A stock C6 Chevrolet Corvette is already a pretty serious piece of American hardware. Its naturally aspirated 7.0-liter LS7 V8 makes 505 hp out of the box, so it’s hardly short on muscle. But one owner decided it needed a turbo. Just one, and it looks big enough to swallow the engine whole. The car belongs to Anoeil, who showed off his wild Z06 in a YouTube feature. The stuff under the hood is bonkers. The stuff he left alone is somehow crazier.
This Corvette Z06 Runs A Garrett Pro Mod Turbo
Anoeil’s Corvette breathes through a Garrett G57-3000, which he calls a Pro Mod turbo and one of the biggest Garrett makes. He’s not exaggerating. The 3000 is the horsepower Garrett says it can support, and it was built for drag racing’s heavy hitters. Backing it up are twin 66mm Precision wastegates, a six-inch intercooler, 2,600cc injectors and an Aeromotive pump moving 10 gallons of fuel a minute. Underneath sits a 427-cubic-inch V8 with built rods and pistons plus AFR heads. Mostly off-the-shelf stuff, Anoeil says. Nothing crazy. Nothing crazy, except it makes 1,300 hp on its lowest boost setting of 15 psi. That’s more than two and a half times what the Z06 left the factory with. On the baby setting.
This Corvette’s Scramble Button Doubles The Boost
Want more? A scramble button on the steering wheel takes boost from 15 to 30 psi on the move. There’s nitrous too. It’s just not hooked up, because even Anoeil figures that’s too much. And this is the mild version. The turbo was picked with 3,000-plus hp in mind, but the current engine can’t take it, so a stronger motor is being built for the car’s 2.0 version. Power goes through an RPM Stage 7 manual with a triple-disc clutch and a custom gear set built for highway pulls. Second gear runs to about 120 mph. Third clears 180. Fourth goes past 200, and a stock Z06 tops out at 198 mph. Stoplight to stoplight, it’s useless. That’s why there’s a parachute out back. Anoeil hates the track, but he says he’s pulled that chute after highway runs at 215 to 220 mph. No, we’re not joking.
A 1,300-HP Corvette With Factory Seats And No Roll Cage
Here’s the bit that messes with your head. The Z06 keeps its factory seats, factory dash and most of its original interior. No roll cage. No traction control. No AC or heat either, which is a bold call in Arizona. Oh, and no hood. Up front, it rolls on skinny Weld wheels with factory brakes. Out back, a 15-inch conversion wears 325-section Mickey Thompson ET Street R drag radials. Filming hit a snag when the ECU started reading 4% throttle when it shouldn’t have. Anoeil’s tuner showed up, recalibrated the throttle sensor and got it sorted. Then came three passes. One rider climbed out with goosebumps. The host was just glad there wasn’t enough road for fourth gear.
Source: Autotopia LA YouTube
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