[VIDEO] 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hits the Dyno! Highest Torque of all C8 Corvettes

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[VIDEO] 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hits the Dyno! Highest Torque for C8


One of the rights of passage for any new Corvette model is a trip to the dyno. Now that the 2024 Corvette E-Ray is finally in private hands, we’ve got our first hard third-party data thanks to the guys at Paragon Performance. If you’re an E-Ray fan or someone who just loves low-end torque, this video is for you!


Graham is a tuner at Paragon Performance, and he has at his disposal a 2024 Corvette E-Ray in Torch Red and wearing visible Carbon Fiber wheels. Steven is the owner of the car, and he had Kory at Paragon fly into Kansas City to pick it up and drive back to Paragon Performance in Waukee, Iowa to ensure the car would have its 500 break-in miles completed.

The video opens with the Corvette on the dyno first in the all-electric Stealth mode before performing a flying startup with the V8 engine in the rear:

[VIDEO] 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hits the Dyno! Highest Torque of all C8 Corvettes


Graham goes through the E-Ray’s mechanicals and explains some of the features specific to the model. As the car is Corvette’s first AWD vs the traditional rear-wheel drive, he says there is a process for measuring both front and rear wheels together. Paragon has the new E-Ray on a linked Dynojet with the front and rear drums connected together by a giant belt. The combination of the two drums provides an accurate horsepower/torque measurement from both the LT2 V8 on the rear wheels and the 160-hp electric motor powering the front of the car.

The Corvette E-Ray is shown to have 573 whp and 630 lb-ft of torque. As Paragon also had stock examples of the Stingray and the Z06 on the dyno previously, we can also see a comparison of all three C8 Corvette models together:

[VIDEO] 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hits the Dyno! Highest Torque of all C8 Corvettes


The comparison with the Z06 is interesting as we see both the E-Ray and Stingray fall off at 6200 rpm while the high-revving Z06 is able to extend and make all that extra horsepower up to 8600 rpm. As for the torque, it’s no surprise that the E-Ray has the advantage here as it shows a near instant boost to 600 tq while the Z06’s torque comes on around 2800 rpm before surpassing 400 tq at 4000 rpm on its way to high of 424 lb-ft.

The graph showcasing just the Stingray and E-Ray is a more apples-to-apples comparison as they both share the same LT2 V8 motor in the rear. The Stingray had a dyno rating of 437 whp and 419 lb-ft of torque. The torque curve graph shows a very impressive advantage over the Stingray with over 200 lb-ft of torque added from the front electric motor. The E-Ray’s torque comes into play very quickly at just 2000 rpm and peaks at around 4200 rpm before lessening, but it still finishes with a significant amount of additional power throughout the entire curve. Graham says even at 6200 rpm we see an advantage of more than 100 horsepower over the Stingray, even when the battery of the E-Ray’s battery discharge may be at its end.

[VIDEO] 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hits the Dyno! Highest Torque of all C8 Corvettes

So finally we have some real-world performance numbers for the E-Ray, but it’s the comparisons with the Stingray and Z06 that is even more enlightening as we see how this third model fares in the C8 line-up. As for this Corvette E-Ray, Graham says it will be sent to Lingenfelter for its Magnusen supercharger upgrade before returning to Paragon for some additional mods. Oh man, that gives us a great reason to stay tuned to see what happens next!


Thanks again to Paragon for making this video!


Source:
Paragon Performance / YouTube

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7 COMMENTS

  2. Flames coming out the back as the battery ignites. Way too complicated for a Chevy technician. Just put a blower on and be done with it.

  3. Impressive: not surprised at the performance. Electric motors have instant torque. Looking forward to seeing how the hybrid Zora will do.

  5. Hey Everybody – While this Corvette E-Ray is now super cool with all of it’s current technology from Chevrolet – Who in the Hell is going to cover any future warranty issues with such a complex drivetrain system?
    Maybe Chevrolet should offer free transportation to and from the Bowling Green Assembly Plant for all problems about to start up with the E-Ray. There is no Dealership Technician on Earth capable of fixing the E-Ray or the Z06 Corvettes when it breaks.
    It’s a shame as 573 whp and 630 lb-ft of torque with all-wheel drive has got to be a very nice rush to drive in the mountains. Oh well, see all of these new E-Rays sitting in garages.
    Thanks for listening. Go Corvettes, perhaps from the 1990’s!

  6. The E-Ray C8 is in a clear and presents danger of obsolesces. How many wealthy American drivers can truly handle that much performance?

    In the near future, Insurance companies, special interest groups label them as “dangerous” and conclude a detriment to our society? i.e. Ralph Nader

    On a personal note, after eight years, I still have trouble controlling my 2/2016 base model, C7 Stingray.

  7. I have owned 19 corvettes and have a couple now. I am happy with my Torch Red C8,pretty much stock. the performance of this car is all you will ever need driving around town or on a road trip. Being a road and track test engineer for years, this Corvette does it all. Great job GM. On the flipside, having worked in the battery/EV industry for 34 years and being a service manager and test engineer for batteries, I can tell you they are nothing but an expensive headache to work on, especially if you get a bad high resistance cell. Would you risk having to lose your expensive Corvette to a battery fire. Furthermore, the Z06 and Erays’ performance should only be reserved for the tracks. Mike from Michigan (alias Corvette Mike)

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