Hennessey Performance is a big name in the tuning industry. Based 45-minutes outside of Houston, Texas, they offer various performance packages for various vehicles – including late-model GM products.
Recently, in a test to not only promote their 700 hp “HPE700” C7 upgrade kit, but to truly show you the performance difference between it and a stock C7, they lined up a such an example against a bone-stock version. You know, just to show you how much an improvement an additional 240 hp makes.
Set up on a street in Mexico (probably), we see these two C7s put their respective power down, using the yellow car’s horn honking off the “three beeps”in typical street racer fashion.
The white stocker, actually held the yellow HPE700 off for about the first 100-feet or so, but once that yellow car’s tires bit, all bets were off leaving the stock C7 in it’s wake. Not that we’re totally surprised by the outcome, but the gap between the two vehicles was substantial.
This is what happens when you compare a fast car to one with 700 horsepower. Hennessey claims the package is actually putting down 708 rwhp, and that they will only build 100 copies for 2014.
We broke down the specs of the HPE700 below:
Power:
- 708 bhp @ 6,300 rpm
HPE700 Supercharged Upgrade Includes:
- 2.3 Liter Supercharger System
- High Flow Cylinder Heads
- HPE700 Camshaft
- All Necessary Gaskets & Fluids
- Professional Installation
- HPE Engine Management Calibration
- Dyno Tuning & Road Testing
- Serial-Numbered Dash & Engine Plaques
- Hennessey Exterior Badging
- Hennessey Premium Floormats
- Hennessey Carbon Fiber Door Sills
- 3 Year / 36,000 Mile Limited Warranty
Optional Upgrades:
- Hennessey CarbonAero Rear Lip Spoiler, Side Sills & Front Lip Spoiler
- Hennessey Carbon Fiber Door Sill Plates
- Hennessey H10 Monoblock Wheel Upgrade
Rick Seitz is the owner and founder of GMEFI Magazine, and has a true love and passion for all vehicles. When he isn’t tuning, testing, or competing with the brand’s current crop of project vehicles, he’s busy tinkering and planning the next modifications for his own cars.
