2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray Hits the Dyno, Makes 568 HP at the Wheels

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Photo: Jesse Iwuji on YouTube

The E-Ray is not the best series production Corvette of all time. That title goes to the next-generation C7 ZR1, and in the summer of 2024, he said the title will go to its long-awaited successor. GM’s Chevrolet unit quotes 655 horsepower from a rear-mounted small block and a front-mounted electric motor unit, while peak torque is estimated at 592 foot-pounds or just under 803 Nm.

What? How many of those horse and pound feet reach the wheels? The Jotech Motorsports dynamometer has a capacity of 568 horses and 619 pounds (839 Nm), 562 horses and 620 feet (841 Nm), and finally, 560 horses and 611 pounds (828 Nm) for the final pull. As you can tell, production of Chevy’s fastest Corvette series is actually more complicated than Chevrolet says.

As for wheel horsepower, 562 is 94.93 percent of the advertised 655 horsepower. The numbers are impressive, and the instant peak torque of that electric drive unit only adds to the straight-line antics. The car in the picture is the C8 E-Ray of Jesse Iwuji, who you may know from the racing world. He is also an officer in the US Navy Reserve, and his Corvette is painted in a color that Chevrolet calls Cacti Green.

Not long ago, Jesse made 10.6-second passes at the Texas Motorplex with nothing more than a drag on the back. Specifically, 305/35R20 ET Street S/S drag radials from Mickey Thompson. Sporting black-painted forged aluminum wheels, which are a $495 option over the standard Pearl Nickel finish, the C8 E-Ray can be made even faster.

Roshan Poptani of Boost District Supercharger took the world’s first twin-turbo C8 E-Ray to the Texas Motorplex as well. His best run was 9.741 seconds at 152.99 miles per hour (246 kilometers per hour) on the optional carbon fiber wheels and factory Michelin rubber shoes.

Photo: Jesse Iwuji on YouTube

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