Today’s Dyno Blast video features a C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 owned by a guy named Mark making a run on the rollers. This C7 Corvette has a short mod list, including aftermarket cylinder heads, an upgraded cam, ported supercharger snout and “bolt-ons”, which could be anything from headers and full exhaust to a throttle body to different pulleys.
Really, that “bolt-ons” part makes it hard to judge just how much work has been done to this Corvette, but for those looking to see what a new LT4 with aftermarket heads and a big, lumpy cam sounds like in action – this is a video that you will enjoy.
After a brief walk-around, the video jumps ahead, where we find the C7 Corvette Z06 already into the ideal gear for a dyno pull, so after a slight climb through the revs – the driver hammers the throttle and lets the LT4 stretch its legs. At first, the new Corvette Z06 sounds pretty good, but when it gets into the big RPMs, this Chevy supercar really screams – forcing people around the car in the garage to plug their ears.
After viewing the dyno run from the front, we also get to watch the blast from the front and from inside of the new Corvette Z06, giving us a chance to hear this beast roar from a handful of different angles. As the video ends, we get a chance to hear the LT4 lope at idle while also seeing the magic number on the screen.
We don’t get a torque number, but we can see that this new Corvette Z06 laid down a whopping 736.98 rear wheel horsepower.
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