Supercharger manufacturer ProCharger has acquired an executive order from the California Air Resources Board to offer a 50-state-legal supercharger system for use on C8 Chevrolet Corvettes.
The culmination of a two-year process, the CARB EO was achieved following extensive testing on a naturally aspirated and then supercharger-equipped Corvette test vehicle the company purchased specifically for research purchases. It was one of a fleet of C8s ProCharger used to execute its full test suite related to the product launch, according to company officials.
“Compared to other executive orders on other platforms, our efforts to attain this EO were significantly more difficult,” said Cliff Hall, ProCharger director of engineering. “This is because the emissions standards keep getting tighter and the C8 platform is one of the newer, stricter standards to which we had to comply.”
Extensive testing to set benchmark data demonstrated the supercharger system-equipped vehicle produced emissions at near-stock levels. Officials stated the company is the first manufacturer to offer a 50-state-legal supercharger setup for new Corvettes.
The complete turnkey system was shown to deliver 230-plus-hp gains on pump gas with no permanent modifications and without the need for removing the engine or transmission.