Mayne Palmeri will be able to get his hands on some other Vettes to see what he can do. It would seem to us that more advanced Corvette’s might even be able to do better. We wonder if that’s the same for the other generations of the Corvette as well. While that was a trip taken easy and trying hard to get good mileage, this goes to show that you can get good mileage out of your C5 if you want to. But why didn’t they tune the ECU as well. Once the ECU tune was done, he was able to see 40.26 mpg during a mostly highway drive. Procharged C8 Corvette Stingray Cranks Out 700+ Horsepower Without ECU Tuning. It is believed to be one of the most powerful C8 Corvettes in existence, and the team is just getting started. The test subject is a brand-new 2020 Corvette, which utilizes an FT600 engine management system in a unique way and the team has already made 754 whp with a pair of turbochargers. The vehicle received an ECU tune that made it run leaner, which means the car lightly sips fuel when cruising. aftermarket tuning solution is unavailable. 2L V8 LT2 engine mounted behind the cabin, the Corvette C8 Stingray. The video was showcased on Road & Track recently. The C5 Corvette B&B Bullet does not require a tune and will not trip your check. You can get 40 mpg in a Corvette C5 with the typical V8.Īlex Palmeri from the LegitStreetCars YouTube channel wanted to see how good he could do in terms of gas mileage in his 140,000-mile C5. Getting 40 miles per gallon or more is pretty impressive, but you have to have a tiny light car or a hybrid vehicle to get there, right? Wrong. Oh, and by the way, the P-1SC-1 is covered by a three-year warranty for extra peace of mind.Fuel economy is a hot topic in the automotive industry right now.
The SC series also eliminates the need for oil lines and punching a hole in the oil pan. The P-1SC-1 is a self-lubricating centrifugal supercharger that requires an oil change every 6,000 miles or so. For the previous generation of the American sports car, ProCharger is promising 180-plus HP. More to the point, we may be dealing with a P-1SC-1 running at 7 pounds per square inch of boost or thereabouts. The go-faster company doesn’t mention what model of centrifugal supercharger is using for this application, but I have a sneaking suspicion they used an extremely similar setup to the one found in the seventh-gen Corvette. Turning our attention back to the Procharged C8, the video at the end of this story doesn’t feature any shot of the engine compartment. 2L V8 is called the LT2 and is similar to the C7s LT1 but features a new high-rise intake manifold (hood clearance no The LT2 is also controlled by GMs new E99 electronic control unit (ECU) that is.
The C8 version of the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is extremely popular, and a number of aftermarket. C8 Corvette ECU Reportedly ‘Un-hackable’ Due to New GM Tuning Systems By Patrick Rall - JWe give it a few months, max, before the C8 Corvette ECU is cracked by aftermarket tuners. But we bet the ECU will be cracked eventually.
Lest we forget, the ultra-encrypted ECU has been often described as unhackable. GM Won't Help Tuners Upgrade The C8 Corvette. Switching from natural aspiration to forced induction requires different mapping for the engine control unit, but General Motors doesn’t allow that kind of stuff in the Corvette. “ But why didn’t they tune the ECU as well?” ProCharger is the latest player to join the C8 club, and as you can tell from the headline, you can expect 700-plus horsepower from nothing more than a bolt-on upgrade. performance upgrades Best Chevrolet power chip by Tuning Box External ECU remapping with the premium chiptuning unit. There is, however, a huge market out there for performance upgrades. 2.9 seconds is all it takes to reach that speed, and if you keep your foot on the gas, you may cover the quarter-mile in 11.2 seconds at 112 mph (180 kph). Often described as a supercar, even though it’s not, the Corvette Stingray Z51 can definitely keep up with Italian exotics from zero to 60 miles per hour.