This video shows the entire process of putting a custom titanium exhaust on the Stradman’s old C8 Corvette!
The Corvette is now owned by Chandler David Smith and he loves the new cat back exhaust custom built by Power Needy Motorsports in Idaho.
You can watch the custom titanium cat back exhaust build below.
Chandler David Smith’s First Reaction to his C8 Cat Back Titanium X Pipe Exhaust via Jaden Anderson
Check out this YouTube video on how to use and activate Launch Control in the C8 Corvette.
There are many launch control modes from Sport to Track and in Track launch control modes there are Wet, Dry, Sport 1, Sport 2, and Race modes as well.
You have to put your foot to floor hard on the brake and the gas pedal and wait for it to hit 3,500 RPMs.
If you don’t get to 3,500 RPMs then you aren’t holding the brake down hard enough.
In this video above, he talks about how to enter the service mode, SD card size, and Launch Control (tips, what modes Launch Control is available in) and try my first 0-60 runs and an attempted peel out.
Note: For each run, he made sure there were no other vehicles around him. When on the two lane roads there were no other vehicles visible in front or behind me at all. With flat roads, I had great visibility. In addition, speed limits on the roads I used were 70, 65, and 55. I know none of this is visible to those watching, but I made sure I wasn’t putting anyone else at risk in my 0-60 runs. Now, for the 1/4 mile runs, I definitely want to demonstrate those, but plan to do so on a track.
Want to protect your C8 Corvette Radiators from rocks and debris? Check out this Video that shows how to install C8 Radiator Grills and mesh to block incoming road debris.
These easy-to-install radiator grille covers protect your radiators from damage and any road debris. Furthermore, we think the black plastic mesh finish looks incredible and gives our car a completed stock look
Some of these radiator grill covers are installed from behind or in front of the front bumper section.
Here is another how to video with a different set of radiator grill covers to protect your C8 Corvette radiators.
If you are looking to install Kooks Headers, American Racing Headers, or LTH (Long Tube Headers) on your C8 Corvette check out these Header Videos on YouTube.
When installing Headers on your C8 you don’t have to remove the back bumper or wheel well lining. However, you can access the lower bolts if it’s on a lift.
Check out this review and comparison of the C8 Corvette vs. Acura NSX by Speed Phenom on YouTube
The owner’s comparison you’ve been waiting for! How does the new C8 Mid-Engine Corvette drive compared to the refreshed Mid-Engine Hybrid-Powered Acura NSX? Find out in today’s episode!! I hope you all enjoy! What do you think, should Chevrolet infuse hybrid electrification into a future variant of this new Corvette?
Curious what the upgraded Z51 Performance Exhaust sounds like vs a stock non Z51 exhaust for the $5,000 upgrade which includes more features as well?
Check out this video from MidwestRide where he give a video comparison of each exahust and you can tell the Performance Exhaust is a lot louder especially from the inside of the car.
What do you think is the Performance Exhaust on the C8 Corvette worth it?
Sound comparison between the Performance Exhaust (Z51) vs. Stock Exhaust (Non-Z51). Both filmed on same camera (Canon M50) AND same Microphone (Rode VideoMic Pro+)
A Pennsylvania Corvette creator with four C8s on the record.
Street Speed 717 (StreetSpeed717) is the YouTube channel of Mike Hyssong, a Pennsylvania car creator known for modified Corvettes, lifted trucks and exotics. His documented C8s are a twin-turbo 2020 Stingray, a 2021 Stingray, a 2023 Z06 and a C8 ZR1. The 717 is the area code for south-central Pennsylvania.
I have owned the same three C8 models Mike has put on camera: a Stingray, the Z06 (twice) and the ZR1 I have now. So this profile sticks to what a Corvette owner wants from it. Who he is as a creator, what the channel covers, and what was done to each C8, with the numbers that were published at the time.
Street Speed 717 is a YouTube channel run by Mike Hyssong. The channel’s own about page keeps it short: “My name is Mike. I make car videos and put them on the internet.” Car outlets such as Carscoops use his full name, and some people search for him as Michael Hyssong. Street Speed 717 and StreetSpeed717 are the same channel, written with and without spaces.
The 717 in the name is a telephone area code. It covers south-central Pennsylvania, including Harrisburg, Lancaster and York, and Pennsylvania is home base for the channel. His first C8 was delivered at Whitmoyer Chevrolet in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. Fabspeed, the exhaust company behind his Z06 and ZR1 systems, is in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. That is as specific as this page gets on location.
Corvettes are the thread, but it is not a Corvette-only channel. Going by the builds that have been written up and by Fabspeed’s partner page for him, the mix looks like this:
717 Supply LLC is the merchandise and sweepstakes business connected to the channel. The store sells shirts, hoodies, wallets, car care products and hot sauce, and its rules say Mike contacts the winners by phone himself. As of October 2026 the site is on giveaway number 53, a choice between a C6 ZR1 Corvette and a Chevy Tahoe.
These are the four C8s I can tie to a written source. If he has owned others, they stay out of this table until I can document them.
| Car | When | What was done | Published number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Stingray (black, later blue) | March 2020 | Brixton PF8 wheels, then a Late Model Racecraft twin-turbo kit. | 667 whp |
| 2021 Stingray (blue) | Early 2023 | Left stock. Used for off-road and jump videos, then listed for sale. | $79,995 asking |
| 2023 Z06 | Late 2022 | Fabspeed sport cats and race X-pipe with no mufflers. About 40 lb lighter. | 640 whp (factory exhaust) |
| C8 ZR1 | Newest on record | Fabspeed stainless megaphone cat-back and sport cats. | 1,064 hp (stock rating) |
He picked up a black 2020 Stingray in early March 2020 at Whitmoyer Chevrolet in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. Within about a week it was on a set of Brixton PF8 wheels, 20-inch front and 21-inch rear, that came off a C7 Z06, as CorvetteBlogger covered at the time. Stock is 19 and 20. The C7 lug nuts were too small for the C8, so he had to buy M14x1.50 replacements.
By July 2020 the car was blue and at Late Model Racecraft in Houston for a twin-turbo kit. CorvetteBlogger put the finished car at 667 wheel horsepower. A stock 2020 Stingray with the performance exhaust is rated at 495 hp at the crank. The turbos bolt to LMR’s own cat-back exhaust.
The limit was not the 6.2L LT2. It was the stock dual-clutch, which was slipping at that power until LMR dialed it back, with an upgraded clutch pack in development at the shop at the time.
I broke a rear half shaft launching my own Stingray, so a 667 whp C8 finding the limit of its driveline before the limit of its engine does not surprise me. In this build the LT2 was not the first thing to complain. If you are planning boost, read up on C8 axle failures and look at how another twin-turbo C8 build was put together first.
This is his delivery video for the black 2020 Stingray, the car that became the twin-turbo build. He titled it as the first C8 delivery on YouTube. It shows the car before the wheels, the color change and the turbos.
Carscoops reported in February 2023 on a blue 2021 Stingray he had recently picked up with low miles. The plan was bigger wheels and modified body panels, but he left the car stock and used it for off-road videos instead, including jumps and a run through a field against a Silverado ZR2. It was then listed on Facebook Marketplace at $79,995 with fewer than 2,400 miles (3,862 km).
His 2023 Z06 went to Fabspeed in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania in late 2022. Per CorvetteBlogger, the shop pulled the factory exhaust and fitted sport cats and a race X-pipe with no mufflers, which took about 40 lb (18 kg) off the car. He billed it as the first straight-piped C8 Z06.
The Drive reported that the car made 640 wheel horsepower on the dyno with the factory exhaust still on. Chevrolet rates the 5.5L LT6 at 670 hp at the crank with an 8,600 rpm redline, so that is a strong number for a stock car. Fabspeed’s partner page now lists his Z06 with the company’s titanium valvetronic cat-back and sport cats. If you want the car itself rather than the build, my C8 Z06 guide covers it.
ZR1s are the constant on this channel. Before the C8 there was a C7 ZR1 built to about 1,000 hp, the car Autoevolution covered at Pocono Raceway, and a C6 ZR1 that CorvetteBlogger said was next in line at Late Model Racecraft back in 2020.
The newest one on record is a C8 ZR1. Fabspeed’s partner page lists his ZR1 with the company’s stainless megaphone cat-back and sport cats. Stock, the twin-turbo LT7 makes 1,064 hp, and Chevrolet quotes a 9.6-second quarter mile at 150 mph with the ZTK package. I have not found a written, sourced time slip or dyno sheet for his car, so I am not printing one. For the car itself, see my C8 ZR1 review.
StreetSpeed717 is Mike Hyssong. His YouTube about page introduces him only as Mike, and car outlets such as Carscoops use his full name. Some searches use Michael Hyssong. Street Speed 717 and StreetSpeed717 are the same channel, written with and without spaces.
The channel is based in Pennsylvania. The 717 in the name is the area code for the south-central part of the state, which includes Harrisburg, Lancaster and York. His first C8, a black 2020 Stingray, was delivered at Whitmoyer Chevrolet in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.
On the written record: a C6 ZR1, a C7 ZR1 built to about 1,000 hp, and four C8s. The C8s are a twin-turbo 2020 Stingray, a 2021 Stingray he kept stock, a 2023 Z06 with a Fabspeed exhaust, and a C8 ZR1.
CorvetteBlogger reported 667 wheel horsepower for the Late Model Racecraft twin-turbo 2020 Stingray in July 2020. A stock 2020 Stingray with the performance exhaust is rated at 495 hp at the crank. The stock dual-clutch transmission was the limiting part.
Yes. Fabspeed’s partner page lists his C8 ZR1 with a stainless megaphone cat-back exhaust and sport catalytic converters. A stock C8 ZR1 makes 1,064 hp from the twin-turbo LT7. He also ran a C7 ZR1 at about 1,000 hp and a C6 ZR1 before it.
717 Supply is the merchandise and vehicle sweepstakes brand connected to the channel. The store sells shirts, hoodies, wallets, car care products and hot sauce, and its rules say Mike contacts winners by phone. In October 2026 it was running giveaway number 53.
Want more C8 content?
Daily photos, spec drops, and ownership reality from someone who’s owned 4 C8s.
As the C8 Corvette keeps getting produced and with production restarting more and more C8s are going to finally get to dealerships and their respective owners.
As they do some will want to customize their C8 Corvette or even Drag Race it.
Here is a great video from Trailer World in Bowling Green Kentucky that shows the ease and perfect specs for a C8 Corvette Trailer that has a tilt and works great with the C8 Corvettes with a Front lift
This way if you want to trailer your C8 Corvette to the drag races, trips, on a vacation or keep the miles of it on a long haul somewhere before you set up and wreck shop driving your C8 on a track or around town at your final destination.
We had a local customer bring his new C8 Corvette by to load on an Aluma 8218 Tilt Bed. This new Corvette has the ability to raise the front end high enough to load without need the jump ramps to get started.
Here is a behind the scenes look at what your Corvette C8 will go through when it gets its oil changed. This video is done by a Certified GM Chevy Dealer in Canada and has a YouTube channel named Cars and Crosbie.
The world’s first 2020 corvette oil change was performed at Bachman Chevrolet in Louisville ky. Youtuber TJ Hunt stopped by to get his 500 mile oil change. But was it necessary? special thanks to streetspeed717 and matt beaver with whitmoyer chevy for allowing me to help Tj on his way too home to cali.
Also, another tip for changing your oil on your C8 Corvette is either have a professional auto repair shop handle it for you or put down epoxy garage flooring since epoxy floors help with reducing garage stains. Most Garage Door Repair companies will do epoxy garage floor coatings or you can find a company that specializes in it. Just like if you needed a car wrap in Phoenix or window tinting in Scottsdale you can do a Google search and see what companies are on the first page that specialize in that specific service.
In this video we perform and oil change on a 2020 C8 Corvette. You will need about 8 quartz of 0w-40 oil. We went with Amsoil Signature Series due to its performance, protection and durability. Very few tools are needed to do this oil change. Definitely something a beginner can tackle with the assistance of this video
Check out this Chevrolet Corvette C8 Lambo Door Conversion Kit by Vertical Doors Inc. (Part Number: VDCCHEVYCORC820)
This kit will fit Chevrolet Corvette C8 2020 Vertical Doors, Inc. is the only manufacturer of Vertical Lambo Doors and ZLR Door Conversion in the USA. Made in the USA, Easy Installation, No welding, Free Tech Support.
What do you think the C8 Corvette should have Lambo doors like the Mclarens, or Aventadors?
We also recently wrote about Eikon Motorsports Lambo Doors Kit for the Corvette C8 as well. Now you have two options to go with and per their website Vertical Doors, Inc. manufacturers their hinges.
Updated October 2020:
