{"id":853,"date":"2025-06-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/?p=853"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:55:28","slug":"the-corvette-zr1-just-put-down-a-crazy-number-on-a-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/the-corvette-zr1-just-put-down-a-crazy-number-on-a-dyno\/","title":{"rendered":"The Corvette ZR1 Just Put Down a Crazy Number on a Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chevrolet-corvette-zr1-on-a-dyno.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/chevrolet\/zr1\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"1\" data-params=\"%7B%22make_alias%22%3A%22chevrolet%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22zr1%22%7D\">Chevrolet Corvette ZR1<\/a> carries the honor of being the most powerful Corvette ever&#8230; at least until the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/762876\/chevy-corvette-zr1x-horsepower-price-details\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22762876%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22chevy-corvette-zr1x-horsepower-price-details%22%7D\">ZR1X<\/a> hits production later this year. Customers are finally starting to receive their cars, so it was only a matter of time before a ZR1 showed up at a dyno for a run. The results are even more impressive than we expected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paragonperf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paragon Performance<\/a> in Waukee, Iowa, managed to secure a totally stock ZR1 for a run on its floor-mounted dyno to see exactly how much power the supercar-killing &#8216;Vette throws to the wheels. As a reminder, the twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 is officially quoted at 1,064 horsepower and 828 pound-feet of torque at the crank.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizer\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAYAAAA7KqwyAAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAABpJREFUeNpi\/P\/\/PwMlgImBQjBqwLAwACDAAOVfAw9\/ZDvcAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Worlds First Dyno-Run of the Corvette C8 ZR1! - Paragon Performance\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" style=\"width:640px;height:960px;\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MKTOvqWZn08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you know how cars work, you&#8217;ll know there&#8217;s inevitably some power loss as torque travels from the crank, through the transmission, through the differential, and to the wheels. In theory, we should expect a noticeable loss in power in the dyno readings. Except that doesn&#8217;t happen. In the last dyno run, the ZR1 puts up a reading of 1,028 hp and 839 lb-ft of torque to the wheels.<\/p>\n<p>If you factor in drivetrain losses of around 10 percent, this means the ZR1 is actually making closer to 1,180 hp and 920 lb-ft of torque at the crank. That means Chevy is heavily underrating the twin-turbo V-8&#8217;s real performance. In all likelihood, the factory rating applies to the engine in the most grueling scenarios, like driving through Death Valley or being pushed to its limits on a race track.<\/p>\n<p>That means at worst, the engine will at least make 1,064 hp, no matter what. But if you&#8217;re in a nice, cool dyno room with lots of clean air and no load, you&#8217;ll make closer to 1,200 horsepower. We can only imagine how the ZR1X will perform on a dyno.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chevrolet-corvette-zr1-dyno-chart-readings.jpg\" alt=\"chevrolet corvette zr1 dyno chart readings\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto by: YouTube<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/758743\/2026-corvette-zr1-10-piston-brake-calipers\/\">2026 Corvette ZR1 Gets Optional 10-Piston Brake Calipers<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/754703\/corvette-zr1-reselling-policy-letter\/\">Buying a Corvette ZR1? Be Prepared to Keep It for a Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corvetteblogger.com\/2025\/06\/24\/video-first-2025-corvette-zr1-hits-the-dyno-and-the-numbers-are-crazy\/\">Corvette Blogger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 carries the honor of being the most powerful Corvette ever&#8230; at least until the ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":858,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions\/858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}