C8 Z06 VS Ferrari 458...highly unexpected controversial results

In this video I put my C8 Z06 up against the legendary Ferrari 458...and what happened next, surprised me...
#c8z06 #z06 #corvette #ferrari #ferrari458

[@gasmakingboost]

Z06 sounds more Ferrari then the Ferrari lol

[@jesse_iwuji]

🤣

[@paullopez3298]

like a ferrari mixed with a lambo

[@shido_rimru_]

Stop meat munching ferrari way better lol

[@gasmakingboost]

@@shido_rimru_ stop it

[@SuperRebelX1]

Sounds like a ninja bike dummy

[@labigq]

Dang, that Z06 sounds glorious.

[@jesse_iwuji]

Yessss

[@stevencampos4456]

I’m all about that BASS & very little treble the 458 & Z06 to my ears is all about that Treble with very little BASS (no can do) I still think my 2018 ZL1 is the best stock sounding exhaust that I’ve ever had on any of my sports cars 0-60 in 3.5 seconds is still fun but I know I’m gonna have to upgrade in a few more years to the 2.4 range like the AWD ERAY I will say those are 2 BadAss rides not hating one bit!

[@rhpicayune]

Maybe the aero package on the Z06 was why it seem to stop gaining against the 458 on the high end. Gearing wouldn’t affect it, unless it’s actually redlining, and the motor couldn’t pull anymore, which shouldn’t happen until maybe 205-210 mph. It would be interesting to pit Z06s with different aero packages against each other and see how they do up to 200 mph

[@jesse_iwuji]

Interesting

[@markw9512]

Exactly. If you compare the acceleration and top speed of the Porsche GT3 versus the GT3 RS, the RS loses up high even though it has more horsepower because of aerodynamics. If memory serves me it traps about 1 -2 mph slower, is several seconds slower to 150, and has a top speed that is several miles per hour slower. For sure if you take a Z06 without the Z07 package or the aero package which does not have a front splitter and remove its rear wicker bill spoiler, you should see better acceleration above 100, definitely above 130. And top speed would be several mph faster

[@michaeldodd9302]

Great video!! My 2025 C8Z06 HTC will be here next week… just got the VIN yesterday. Thanks for all the info on this car over the last year or so. You helped me decide between the Z06 and the ERay. Keep pushing my brother… maybe we can ride together someday.

[@jesse_iwuji]

Heck yea! So happy I could help, I’ll keep creating content. Speaking of the eRay, I need to actually do some stuff on that lol… I’ve been lacking😅

[@Vetteman372]

Emily Hartford, when the ZO 6 came out, she raced a hurricane and a four 58 and she beat both of them. That was in 2023. Why did they kick you out Because you beat a Ferrari

[@jesse_iwuji]

The Fightet jets had to use the runway!

[@Vetteman372]

@@jesse_iwuji 👍👍thanks

[@AWA-jv6rt]

It was staged to show that the Z06 was fast. In the very same video, you can see the Hurracan catching up, but he lifted the throttle to make the Z06 win. Dragtimes channel confirmed it when he beat the z06 with his Technica. Throttlehouse raced the z06 with GT-R Nismo and the Z lost it in the drag and barely edged it out in the roll, if the race were longer, samw longer gearing would have caused it to lose against the Nismo as well.

[@rwilson4073]

The reason the Z06 seems to slow down at higher speeds is mostly because of gearing. Final drive and the first 3 gears are short to maintain great acceleration below quarter mile speeds and on track, but the gear ratios in 4th gear and 5th gear are super tall, enough so that you could probably hit top speed in 5th, making 6th, 7th, and 8th most useful for fuel economy. On the other hand, the Ferrari's gearing is much shorter at higher speeds, with it's top gear (7th) having a shorter ratio than the Z06's 5th gear, explaining how it is able to start matching or even pulling at the very top.

[@markw9512]

Also remember, he’s got the 007 package which is pretty aggressive aerodynamics, and those are going to slow you down at higher speed because they are, by design, creating more drag to create down force for high-speed cornering.

[@rhpicayune]

458 sound: 👍🏼 Z06 sound: 🤯🎯💯🎶🎵

[@joshgessinger4509]

Ur crazy

[@ezpz4659]

@@joshgessinger4509 you're crazy, or you never heard a z06 in real life. I love my c8 z07 in every drive mode its amazing

[@jadwigap3018]

Z06 hands down ❤

[@jesse_iwuji]

Yes sir!

[@josephallen8044]

I'm really surprised that the 458 kept up so well. Gotta hand it to Ferrari, they made one heck of a car.

[@jesse_iwuji]

They did!

[@TheTmat007]

Wrong! Because back then a GTR would beat the 458 Italia....even though the GTR was heavier. The Z06 is an amazing supetcar. But is not that fast, for a car with 670hp. Hopefully, the ZR1 will perform the way a 1000hp Supercar should.

[@MarcSob22]

@@TheTmat007 GTR Only beat on 1/4 mile after that the 458 destroy the GTR

[@josephallen8044]

@TheTmat007 Dude , no one is comparing other cars.

[@caseykahler5944]

The Z06 has gearing designed for the majority of race tracks where you’re not flat out in a straightaway for that long of a distance. Better for track driving. The “brick wall” you felt is in large part to the gearing. The Z06 has significantly more track prowess than the 458. It’s more of a more modern version of the 458 Speciale

[@ChrisbarrettZ06]

That brick wall starts in 4th gear and ends bad in 5th if you r driven one. I race my C8 Z….. the gearing sux

[@jesse_iwuji]

That makes sense! I was highly surprised

[@theguy1224]

@@ChrisbarrettZ06 Exactly. But some yo-yo here thinks the gearing is fine. And he's an "engineer" too SMH.

[@ZREXER1250]

ZO6 is designed for road courses primarily, yet I mostly see them tested in 1/4 or 1/2 mile. Almost never on a road course. Going around corners takes skill, so I get it. The ability to buy a high end car doesn’t mean one has the skills to actually drive it.

[@jesse_iwuji]

Have you not seen my other videos on road courses?

[@Laura-ce4mg]

Z06 is for tracks with corners. ZR1 is for embarrassing EVERYTHING in a straight line

[@jesse_iwuji]

Yeppppp

[@TN-xt6rb]

Thanks Jesse. Z06 definitely sounds better and higher pitch. But need to pay homage to 458 that is over a decade old. Would love to see it battle in tight track which I think Z06 will out run the 458.

[@jesse_iwuji]

They would be interesting!

[@joshgessinger4509]

Z06 definitely sounds better For the money easily greatest car ever made.

[@jesse_iwuji]

Amen!

[@theguy1224]

C8 definitely sounds better than the 458 but that race against it shows how terrible the gearing is with these cars. That's my only complaint with it. Like you said there's a brick wall and it starts at 150. It just dies.

[@jesse_iwuji]

That’s the truth!!!

[@trippmundo]

In boxing to beat the champ you got to knock them out , Chevy on the right path it's just low volume production supercars have less restrictions than main stream brands , American government safety restrictions effect aero and bumper height for the mainstream brands , corvette needs it's own brand that separates from Chevrolet then they can let loose if they can financially support itself.

[@Alfonso-mh1np]

The senna is on another level that thing is mind boggling

[@WindyCity1992]

Its funny nobody talks about how the Senna will literally crush all the Fastest track cars without trying 😅

[@jesse_iwuji]

Truly is

[@redtesta]

Bizarre, raced two 458 with our z06 and pulled the whole time so i have no idea how the 458 was even around. Emilia had same result against 458 and huracan

[@jesse_iwuji]

If you see, i let him have a very solid head start

[@StupidFastTruck]

Nice!!! Great comparison. Glad you didn't get arrested...haha

[@jesse_iwuji]

Me too! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thethinbluelineZ06]

Jessie, remove the piece of plastic up front to get more air and look more aggressive!!!

[@jesse_iwuji]

I like it there! It helps downforce

[@SuperRebelX1]

Your fish hat got you kicked out lol!

[@jesse_iwuji]

Lmao

[@HeliBrent]

Lets see z06 vs that Huracan!

[@chrisparker4940]

I’ll take that 2010 Ferrari 458/ a 2025 C8 Z06 all day every day

[@jesse_iwuji]

Not me

[@markw9512]

So when are you gonna buy one?

[@2020matrix8]

Hey Jesse… HIGH FLOW CATS 😀

[@jesse_iwuji]

🙈🙈🤣🤣 I need to get through a few business deals and then once those are done, then I will for sure do it!

[@sonicloud7774]

Awesome race. I loved to see it.

[@jesse_iwuji]

Heck yea!

[@MarcSob22]

458 any day, ,a car from 2009 and with a bit more space beat the new Z06, so the Speciale from 2013 destroy the Z06 easy

[@jesse_iwuji]

Z06!

[@redcars72]

That was HOT!

[@thousand_cycle]

Is yours stock exhaust?

[@CoolDadStuff]

🔥🔥

[@IamOguguaIwuji]

Amazing.

[@พพพรีนานา]

ZO6 VS 286GTB 💪🐎🐎

[@jesse_iwuji]

NA vs turbo? Not fair

[@meanmugginj]

Yeah 286 gonna eat him up 😂😂😂😂

[@AWA-jv6rt]

​@jesse_iwuji 2010 vs 2024? Fair? 570hp vs 670 hp? Don't give us that!

[@AWA-jv6rt]

​@@jesse_iwujiyou should line it up against the F8 or even the 488 GTB. The 488 gtb will beat it.

[@WindyCity1992]

# 1 lets stop bringing up the 458 , it makes the C8 Z06 look bad. The Z06 is miles ahead of the 458 , as it should be. However the 458 was never the top performing car of its time. It was just a Ferrari showpiece. The Z06 is much more than that

[@jesse_iwuji]

🙌🏾

[@WindyCity1992]

# 2 the Z06 uses the most advanced Suspension of any production car , also the LT6 has surpassed any N/A v8 of any production car , dont give the naysayers any room by bringing up the overrated 458 for comparison

[@jesse_iwuji]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Mike-tr6bz]

Zo6 looks like a supercar the same way like ur mom looks like a supermodel....😅😅😅

[@jesse_iwuji]

What cars you own? Be honest..

[@WindyCity1992]

​@@jesse_iwuji These same people think the 570s is attractive, don't entertain these ppls negative energy

[@markw9512]

There’s just a bunch of trolls that can afford either one of these cars that go around talking smack about them. The ones that actually show the cars they drive or driving 10-year-old hot hatches etc., they’re just jealous cause they can’t play in this league but dream of owning a Ferrari which they never will.

[@vicval7895]

Bro love your vid's, no no, not 458, 4 5 8

[@jesse_iwuji]

Bahaha 🤣

[@SuperRebelX1]

Z06 sounds like a ninja bike lolll

[@jesse_iwuji]

Way better than a bike

[@gregorythomas4470]

Listen to the original creators of Country music, oppress them and deconstruct their creation then call it their own. Do the same with Blues music. Then literature. Then dance. Now literally steal the design and engineering the Italians had the talent to create, then nearly a decade later compare the stolen technology to the original and brag about the results. Same play. Nothing new or at all impressive.

[@jesse_iwuji]

I’d like to challenge that my friend. GM didn’t steal the flat plans crank from Italy, Ferrari stole it from GM. Cadillac introduced the first flat-plane crank V8 engine in 1923…Enzo was only a child at that time

[@gregorythomas4470]

@@jesse_iwuji Challenge accepted. GM has openly admitted they disassembled a FERRARI 458 to study during the development and design of this car. Not some old Cadillac. Also, whether or not they designed a flat plane crank ages ago or not, it’s not simply the crank design that made the 458 the world beater it was and still is till this day. Building an engine that can reliably produce this amount of horsepower and reach these revs requires far more than a crank design. Just ask BMW, Audi and Lamborghini.

[@Naginc]

The 458 was manufactured from 2009-2015...Why are there so many KZbinrs showing 2023s and 24's C8 Z06s lining up against a 10 year old car as if it's the benchmark today is nuts. I've seen just one Ytuber take it on. Why not the 488 Gtb?

[@jesse_iwuji]

Because we’re doing NA vs NA….

[@WindyCity1992]

I understand you're point , however none of those cars can compare to the Z06 , they arent as comfortable or equipped as the Z06. And the Z06 destroys those cars on track while being 500 ibs heavier with double cargo space

[@markw9512]

The 488 has the same chassis as the 458. It’s heavier. And the ZO6 matches it in acceleration and out handles it. Next question?

[@MarcSob22]

458 any day!!

[@jesse_iwuji]

Z06!

[@odinikita4821]

Black wheels look horrible, i wish this "craze" would go away

[@jesse_iwuji]

Which black wheels?

[@davidfung2082]

Z06 was copied/reverse engineered from a modern classic. Shows the 458 was incredible back 10 years ago. GM purchased a 458 to copy its engine. Known fact

[@jesse_iwuji]

GM made a WHOLE lot better 458

[@davidfung2082]

@@jesse_iwuji 10 years of tech advancement, but GM was smart to use the modern classic as a template. Definitely better performance in the Z06, but no comparison in fizz factor in my opinion. It's like the young fellas comparing the modern Mr. Olympias to Arnold. Thank goodness Ferrari created the 458, otherwise GM couldn't have copied it, and we wouldn't have the Z06 to enjoy and admire! =)

[@markw9512]

There is so much misinformation spreading about this. If you read the interviews with the Corvette engineers, they had already designed and built this engine prior to purchasing a 458 engine, which they took apart to figure out how Ferrari handled certain vibration effects in an FPC. They also stated that while the way Ferrari handle the vibration was clever, they ended up doing it differently. Ferrari did not invent the FPC nor pioneer its usage for racing or production car use. For starters, the FPC V8 was originally released into mass production by Cadillac in 1918. Further, in racing it was originally developed in the ***USA*** for an Indy car, known as the Novi engine, all the way back in ***1941*** (3L displacement, FPC 450 hp at 8,000 rpm), over two decades before Ferrari even attempted an FPC V8, and was developed and raced all the way up into the 1960s (742 hp at 8200 rpm in 1962). It is one of the most famous Indy racing engines ever built. In Europe in the post- World War II era Coventry Climax out of the UK in the mid 1950s, later Alfa Romeo and Lotus began using the FPC V8s in racing applications decades before Ferrari adopted them. So did Ferrari “steal” from Novi, Coventry Climax, Alfa Romeo whose top engine designers they hired in the late 1960s? What do you think? As far as mid engine configuration goes, there were working Corvette prototypes with a mid engine V8 in the mid to late 1960s, nearly a decade before Ferrari introduced their first rear engine V8 sports cars, and Ford and Alfa Romeo also released mid engine V8 sports cars prior to Ferrari doing it. Enzo had to be pulled kicking and screaming into producing mid engine sports cars by his son, and only did so reluctantly after the success of the Ford GT and Lamborghini Miura . Even then, he wouldn’t put the Ferrari name on the first mid engine car he released, the Dino, which was a V6: the V8 FPC didn’t come until the mid 1970s, 30 years after it was introduced in America into Indy racing.

[@davidfung2082]

@@markw9512 that's fantastic info. Thanks!