Blown and Bottled C7 Stingray Walks a Worked Hellcat

C7 Corvette Stingray is reaching nearly 200 miles per hour in the half-mile.

The C7 Chevrolet Corvette in Z06 or ZR1 form is among the strongest stock performance cars in the world, but the naturally aspirated Stingray doesn’t get the same level of respect as its supercharged counterparts. While the Stingray’s output isn’t as impressive in stock form, the LT1 is capable of monster power when built. The car in the video above is an excellent example of the capabilities of a modified C7 LT1 car. This footage comes to us from the XtremeMotorsports Instagram account and in it, a worked C7 Stingray hands out a serious beating to a modified Hellcat Charger.

We had a chance to speak with owner Brandon Staley about his Corvette. He was happy to provide plenty of details. He explained that this C7 Stingray was built for the LS Fest quarter-mile drag racing program. This C7 has run in the low-9-second on the drag strip. It has also hit 191 miles per hour on a half-mile top speed run. However, Staley points out that this build is fresh and there is plenty more power to unlock before LS Fest.

Details on the Stingray

The Corvette in action in the video above is a 2017 Stingray with 27,000 miles and the monstrous build was completed in the past two months by Xtreme Motorsports in Tempe, Arizona.

Under the hood, this Corvette features a Texas Speed and Performance 416-cubic inch stroker motor that was assembled by Zimmerman Racing Engines. The engine features Texas Speed forged connecting rods, Diamond pistons, a Texas Speed forged crankshaft, a Texas Speed custom camshaft, PRC-ported cylinder heads, a Katech 103-millimeter throttle body, stainless steel headers, full three-inch exhaust, a Granatelli wire set and larger fuel injectors.

As you might imagine, all of those beefed-up internals were added to support boost, and this Corvette has plenty of it. A Novi 1500 supercharger with a GripTech pulley adds 10 pounds of boost. A Nitrous Outlet wet kit adds another 150+ horsepower with a ProMax controller. A meth injection kit helps keep engine temps down during peak performance. With HPTuners software, this car was tuned by Fernando Barron with SST Tuning to run on MS109 race fuel. This combo led to figures of 995.32 horsepower and 1,010.07 lb-ft of torque at the wheels.

Helping send all of that power to the ground is a 3,500 Circle D torque convertor. This C7 also features 18-inch Forgeline wheels and a set of Mickey Thompson drag radials.

Battling the Hellcat

In the video above, this bottled-and-blown C7 is taking on a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat at a No Fly Zone event. The Hellcat is modified and had beaten a long list of competitors before taking on the worked Stingray. At first, the big sedan appears to be keeping up. All of a sudden, the Corvette starts trying and it hands the Hellcat a serious beating.

We don’t know what speeds each of these cars hit on this run. It is pretty clear that the Stingray won by a massive margin. Crank up your speakers and enjoy!

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com