Chevrolet Corvette 2017 Yenko is the New KING of Horsepower

Chevrolet’s Grand Sport Corvette already makes a healthy 460 horsepower stock. The Yenko/SC package nearly doubles that to 800 horsepower using a stroker kit, a supercharger, and Z06-grade internals. Wearing a name that terrorized muscle car competitors in the 1960s, this limited-run revival started at a $46,000 premium over the Grand Sport’s base price, with only a handful ever built.

Chevy revealed its latest Chevrolet Corvette earlier this week. It is a modified Grand SportÂ Corvette which is capable of 800 horsepower and 750 lb-ft of torque. It will be branded as a “Yenko” and only 50 will be produced.

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Chevrolet’s own factory-fastest Corvette, the Z06, makes 650 horsepower and already feels like it is testing the limits of what a production car can handle on the street. So what happens when a tuner takes the “lesser” Grand Sport model and pushes it to 800 horsepower, nearly double the car’s stock output, using a name that has been terrifying muscle car rivals since the 1960s? The answer arrived in early 2017, wearing a legendary badge and a build sheet that reads like a factory hot rod on steroids. Only a handful of buyers would ever get the chance to order one.

Nearly Doubling the Grand Sport’s Output

The stock Grand Sport Corvette makes 460 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque from its LT1 V8. The Yenko/SC package pushes that to roughly 800 horsepower at around 6,200 rpm and 750 lb-ft of torque near 4,200 rpm, using a stroker kit that grows displacement from 6.2 to 6.8 liters, a supercharger, and a stronger crankshaft, H-beam rods, and pistons. The fuel system and injectors are sourced straight from the Z06, feeding the dramatically higher output.

A Legendary Name, A Limited Build

The Yenko name traces back to Don Yenko’s late-1960s dealer-tuned Camaros and Chevelles, and Chevrolet dealers revived it in 2017 for this Corvette package, offered in coupe or convertible form with either a 7-speed manual or 8-speed automatic. The build carried a roughly $46,000 premium over the Grand Sport’s $66,445 base price, and production was strictly limited, making the 2017 Yenko/SC one of the rarest modern Corvette variants on the road.

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