The falling of one and setting of another new elapsed time benchmark at the dragstrip is something we always enjoy seeing or at least hearing about. In the wake of all the new records that were set on HOT ROD Drag Week 2024, comes word of a new quickest quarter-mile e.t. for Chevrolet’s 2024 C8 hybrid E-Ray Corvette.
Roshan Poptani and the crew at Boost District in Midlothian, Texas, took the company’s street-driven twin-turbocharged beast and sent it down the Texas Motorplex dragstrip, tripping the e.t. clocks at 9.38 at 148 mph … three times (9.5x at 151 mph is the car’s previous best)!
We are not the official keepers of this type of niche “world” record (the internet is), but Roshan says the performance makes his 1,030-all-wheel-drive-horsepower (870 hp rear/160 hp front) Vette the quickest, fastest C8 E-Ray (with stock internals) on the planet over 1,320 feet.
Record or not, it’s very stout performance for a 6.2-liter GM LT2 V-8 engine with stock heads, cam, connecting rods (the pistons are forged Lingenfelter Performance Engineering slugs), and an exhaust system that still has catalytic converters intact. The record e.t. was also achieved with new 20×11-inch and 19×13-inch wheels, dressed in Toyo Proxes 888R and Mickey Thompson ET Drag Radial Pro tires at the front and rear of the hybrid Corvette.
Boost District’s 1,000-horsepower ETS twin-turbo system (BD1000) is the force behind the low-9-second blasts. The kit is highlighted by a pair of water-to-air intercooled Precision Turbo & Engine 6466 ball-bearing turbochargers and an updated fuel system.
The drivetrain itself is hopped-up with a heavy-duty clutch and an internally developed transmission package. Christian de Saint Preux is responsible for creating the ECM calibration for the twin-turbo setup, using Trifecta Performance tuning software.
As force-inducting C8 Corvettes (and being “first”) goes, Boost District is believed to have built the very first supercharger system for one, on a car that was presented at the SEMA Show in 2021. “We also wanted to get into and build the turbo market and establish Boost District as the front-runner in C8 performance,” Rashon says. “We bought this E-Ray and did the least we could with a goal of making it the fastest (which includes replacing the stock hood with a slick carbon-fiber piece and adding a new decal worth 5 mph).”
The effort is definitely a testament to the adage, “more with minimal.” And for now? Boost District leads all others in the all-wheel-drive hybrid space as the race to build the fastest C8 overall continues.
Photos provided by Boost District
