Hennessey, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator, has supercharged America’s premier mid-engine sports car. The new Hennessey Supercharged H700 Corvette C8 Stingray, fitted with a muscular blower, vaults the standard mid-engined Stingray coupe to exotic car power and torque levels that surpass even the revered 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
The eighth-generation Chevrolet C8 Corvette Stingray coupe is shipped with a mid-mounted LT2 6.2-liter V8 engine. Naturally aspirated in stock form, it delivers 490 brake horsepower and 465 pound-foot of torque. However, to unleash the untapped potential of the American small-block V8, Hennessey’s Texas-based engineering team fit a high-flow centrifugal supercharger, an air induction system with an air-to-water intercooler and an optional enhanced cat-back exhaust.
Completed with updated high-performance engine software, the ‘H700’ boasts an explosive 708 brake horsepower. In terms of power output, the supercharged H700 Corvette C8 Stingray even outshines Chevrolet’s flagship C8 Z06 whose naturally-aspirated 5.5-liter LT6 flat-plane crank V8 engine produces 670 brake horsepower.
John Hennessey, founder and CEO, says, “The stock C8 Corvette Stingray is an extraordinary sports car, yet Chevrolet left some V8 performance on the table. Our exciting ‘H700’ supercharger package integrates seamlessly with the eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox, and our exhaust upgrade sounds much more aggressive than stock. Considering that our power and torque surpass the factory Z06, the Hennessey ‘H700’ is arguably the best value high-performance supercar in the world.”
Click here for PPFMag’s interview with John Hennessey and here for a paint protection film (PPF) project involving a 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
