LifeGoals

*This is a renamed thread*

Hello all. I'm an aspiring M7 Z51/Grand Sport owner and am considering buying at the end of this year or the beginning of 2025. The sound of a the Corvette's N/A V8 is undoubtedly great, but I'm coming from a non-stock turbocharged car and will sorely miss the sound of the intake and spool. So I was wondering if there were any mid-tier, single turbo kits that are well known for the platform? I'm not trying to race it at all, so I don't need a twin-turbo kit or the most expensive parts. But I do want the parts that I buy to be of a decent quality so I get my money's worth and the parts last. Any suggestions?

Dcasole

Procharge it and call it a day ....

Dave

LifeGoals

This was a SOLID suggestion. Wasn't aware of the possibilities of a procharged vehicle. I never took the time to do any independent research on it because I always owned either an N/A or turbocharged car. Thanks a lot.

Dcasole

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions , i installed mine myself and had it remote tuned . Best mod i have ever done . Easy install , procharger is a extremely well designed/engineered kit . I can and have driven this car anywhere and on the weekends take it to the track

Dave

Corvette4ever

Make sure that you listen to a procharged car before decide. Some people like it, others hate it. IMO, Magnuson 2650 is the most common power adder on C7 platform that is well proven

As for Turbo, this is the only "kit" available. However it is relatively recent and I haven't seen too many installs

https://www.on3performance.com/shop/...-turbo-system/

Dcasole

Have you ever listened to a procharger with Helical cut gears instead if straight cut ?? . With hood closed I can't even hear mine
Not sure where you get your data that says a Maggie is the most common power adder ... there are just as many who use a centri
Personally I don't like the heat soak issues you get with a roots blower

Dave

mittens

None of the Chargeres are going to SPOOL like a turbo sound wise for sure.

Pro Charger with Helical gears, are quitter.
Pro Charger with Strait cut gears, are louder and have more of that gear wine/whistle idling around.
Both of the above in anything remotely close to a normal application don't make any spool sound. They both can have loud blow off/ bypass valves that give a fun sound.

PD blowers, can have the Root wine kinda like a 03-04 Cobra, or a Hellcat. but even with a over spun, Ported blower its not as loud as some other brands. I hiave a ported blower, 18% over drive pulley and Billet lid, and i can hear it but its not alike a hellcat sound wise. Pulls amazing.

I am posting all this to say if you want a Turbo sound, spool, feel none are going to do it like a turbo set up. They all have their own perks/ sounds/ faults. This is coming form someone that has had all 3 of them. Power wise, reliability wise, they all work great.

Nitrous347

I can say for sure that a Magnuson at 7psi( supplied pulleys) is completely silent. You’d never know it had anything added over N/A save for the extra power.