Tag: dyno
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Chevy Corvette C8 makes big power post break-in period
How much power does the Corvette C8 make post break-in period? Well, Speed Society has the answer. After the 500 mile break-in period was over, Speed Society put the Corvette C8 on dyno to test how much performance it had gained in its unrestricted mode. It was found that V8 motor’s output jumped from 423…
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Hennessey Twin-Turbo C8 Corvette makes 643 HP on the Dyno
Earlier this month, John Hennessey took delivery of his C8 Corvette. He drove the car 1500 miles all the way from Detroit. The next day, he took the car out for a track day at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Once back at the shop, the wizards at Hennessey Performance installed two…
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This 2006 Bugatti Veyron makes about 1,076 HP on the Dyno
On paper, the Bugatti Veyron has 1001 hp. Houston Crosta decided to test this claim on an all-wheel drive dyno and the results were frankly astonishing. On the first run, the Veyron accelerates to over 180 mph. As soon as the car goes into handling mode, the driver lets off the gas. At this speed,…
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Watch the Hennessey Corvette ZR1 HPE1200 on the Dyno
Look what we have here! It’s the absolutely mental 1,139 hp Hennessey Corvette ZR1. The HPE1200 pack is doing just fine in this dyno video. Hennessey Performance has released a new video on their YouTube channel giving us a glimpse of how an HPE1200 pack-endowed Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is faring on the dyno testing rounds.…
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2020 Toyota GR Supra is more Powerful than Official Claim!
Car and Driver dyno tests prove that the 2020 Toyota GR Supra has got more horsepower and torque at its disposal than the figures stated in the company brochure. We are living in an age when the official numbers for power, acceleration and top speed are being proved wrong. It’s certainly great to know that…
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Watch the 300 MPH SSC Tuatara Hit the Dyno
After a 7 year delay, the SSC Tuatara finally arrived last year claiming to be the fastest car in the world. The West Richland, Washington based company is hard at work tweaking the car for an attempt at 300 mph sometime next year. We have been waiting in anticipation to see the car in action,…
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VIDEO: McLaren 720S could be making 775 Horespower
Brooks from Dragtimes finally got a chance to put his McLaren 720S a dyno and the results will surprise you. McLaren claims that the 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 in the 720S makes 710 hp and 568 lb-ft. Now, car makers are known to put out conservative figures and McLaren is no exception. On the dyno, the…
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Tri-Turbo McLaren MP4-12C Boosted to 1200 hp
Tuners Hypercar Development have created a monster out of a benign McLaren MP4-12C. The standard 3.8-liter V8 has been boosted with three turbochargers and the result is a 1200 hp beast. The company aims to clock 300 mph with their tri-turbo McLaren MP4-12C. That’s quite ambitious, if you think of it. The tri-turbo McLaren MP4-12C…
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2200 hp Saleen S7 Visits the Dyno
Watch the following video with your speaker volume turned up. Why? Well, it is a Saleen S7 after all. The Saleen S7 is rare supercar and rarely have we mentioned it here on TheSupercarBlog.com. It started life in the UK where it was designed and developed along with Steve Saleen. The stock version used a…
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Hennessey tunes Jaguar F-Type R Coupe to 623 hp
Texan tuners Hennessey have just laid their hands on a British sportscar. In their very own style, they have turned a Jaguar F-Type R Coupe into a beast of a sports car. What we have here is the Hennessey HPE600 Jaguar F-Type R Coupe. This thing used to be powered by a V8 producing…
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Oakley Design Lamborghini Huracan hits the dyno
The Lamborghini Huracan is one the most searched supercar on Google these days and news about this latest raging bull just keeps coming. This time, there’s news from the U.K. Tuners at Oakley Design are coming up with a tuning pack for the new Huracan. We expect to see a substantial spike in horsepower and…