Considering a power upgrade for my 2023 C8 3LT Z51 … Hennessy vs Lingenfelter comments / opinions appreciated

 

Of the two? Lingenfelter, no question. Hennessey is crap...and I'm in Texas too.

 

No brainer......Lingenfelter all the way.

 

I wouldn't give my money to the crook Hennessey: https://www.google.com/search?q=henn...hrome&ie=UTF-8

 

Given these two choices, I would go with the LPE (Lingenfelter) supercharger kit. It is a proven kit, and the top tuners are all licensed installers with lots of experience. LPE also offers an optional full drive train warranty (might make sense for a 2023+) that supplements GM for 3 years 36,000 miles from in service date. The warranty requires their clutch upgrade ($8K total additional cost beyond the base kit for clutches installed and warranty). An LPE car should also be relatively easy to sell or trade (even to chevy dealer) for at reasonable price (vs cost of car + kit) should you want something different in a few years. My personal car is a twin turbo 2021 2LT Z51, ECS TT kit installed by ECS at their HQ in NJ. I live about an hour from the ECS site and wanted something "different" after driving mostly positive displacement supercharged LS/LT cars for last 15 years. My previous Vette was a 2016 C7 Zo6 and my daily drivers have been Cadillac CTS-V's (2010, 2016, 2019) and now a CT5 Blackwing. If you are in Texas, then you are in LMR country. They offer twin turbo kits, supercharger kits, and now heads/cam kits.

 

I wouldn’t let Hennessy add air to my tires!(would probably steal my valve stem caps)

 

If you're in the north East we would be happy to assist you with an LPE 2650, or our emissions compliant twin turbo system.

 

I have zero to do with any vendor, but ECS has been active in the vette community, these forums, etc for a long time. I bought stuff from them for my C5 several years ago.

 

The Lingenfelter stroker 427 LT2 at 704 naturally aspirated hp would be fun. Probably pretty expensive too.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/...-engine-build/

 

I reached out to get the pricing on that beast and Lingenfelter stated that's a fully done turn-key motor package for $29,900* (INSTALLED) Not bad for ultimate N/A HP (704HP on 91oct, fully emissions complaint) (On E85 (which they offer) + other mods to the intake, 800BHP N/A would be quite possible on that set-up!)