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Supercharged 2023 Corvette

Whats cooler than a Corvette? A faster Corvette!

Goals

Add a Magnuson Supercharger kit with Charge Air Cooler onto a 2023 Corvette Stringray. Add Kooks Headers and Corsa High Flow Cats. Tune the car with HPTuners.

Seat wiring diagram
Saleae reading.

ECU Unlocking

I removed the ECU with my Dad. Sent it to HPTuners. Got it back unlocked and re-installed it.

Seat wiring diagram
Removing the wheel to get to the ECU behind the rear wheel well.

CATs and Headers

It made more sense to install the headers and CATs before the supercharger was installed and in the way. I had to remove the air box, cross braces, old headers, CATs, and heat shielding before installing. Once installed, I added the FabSpeed header blankets and Corsa CAT blankets to protect meltable parts in the engine bay as well ask keep as much heat out of the engine bay as possible.

Seat wiring diagram
Removed the air intake to have easy access to the CATs.
Seat wiring diagram
Here are the headers pre-removal. Also the OE Air Intake Manifold which will be removed later to make room for the supercharger.
Seat wiring diagram
Tight work space to access the header bolts.
Seat wiring diagram
Got the headers and CATs on, they're looking great! Blue painters tape on the valve covers to keep them from getting scratched.
Seat wiring diagram
The CATs installed.
Its happening!!!!
IT SOUNDS GREAT!
A Rev!

Supercharger - Air Intake Removal

The supercharger box came in with a weight around 100 lbs.

Air intake manifold comes off first
Seat wiring diagram
Here is where the Magnuson Supercharger will go
Seat wiring diagram
Rerouting oil filler nozzle and adding the bracket for the Supercharger pullies to run off the serpentine belt.
Seat wiring diagram
Supercharger is in! Took 4 people to lift it in.
Added a pully onto the water pump housing and then routed a new serpentine belt around it and the supercharger pully.
Seat wiring diagram
New A/C belt after the serpentine belt was added in.
Seat wiring diagram
Charge Air Cooler filler nozzle bracketed in.
Seat wiring diagram
Cut a hole in the engine bay for the Charge Air Cooler filler nozzle.
Seat wiring diagram
Drivers side engine air intake got the Charge Air Cooler radiator.
Seat wiring diagram
There used to be a mock plastic radiator here, now it a real one.
Seat wiring diagram
Charge Air Cooler coolant tank. Holds the coolant after its cooled through the radiator and pumps it into the Supercharger to cool the incoming air to make it more dense which equals more power.
Seat wiring diagram
The pump is on here. The pump runs any time the ignition is powered up.
Everything mechanical is installed and ready to go!
Uploaded a tune and the first start was a success!!
Everything mechanical is installed and ready to go!
Uploaded a tune and the first start was a success!!

Finished

After a lot of research in tuning from HP Academy and help from coworkers at HP Tuners, I was able to get this tuned. It sounds great and runs great!

Running great. Have put on 4,000 miles with no issues.