I thought the C8 Corvette was Overhyped. I was Wrong. 

Thank you for the amazing opportunity!

Now you know what your car can do. Have been a fan of the Vette since the C7.

That was great. Thanks for talking about the importing. I'm about your size and appreciate the laps. I also understand about driving ability. There is no way I'll get close to the capabilities of this car. Have you gone to Ron fellows yet. You'll love it. Z06 pricing is out today. The stingray will be around for a long time. $106k base, $158k loaded

beautiful car, enjoy!

T..... after Ron Fellows you'll feel ready to go hard like this too! SO GLAD WE HAVE OUR CARS! One day, one track, will roll together!

then referred to himself as "ballast" haha, what a fun character

@@ghomerhust 😂😂

He “volunteered” to clean out his pants instead of leaving it on his seats;)

He was. Saw that Vette in the mirrors and started really pushing hard. It was no surprise when he lost it! I was waiting for it to happen.

@@briankennedy9040 if you really look, he was driving like an idiot, trying too hard with bad trajectories and not realizing that he was way slower than Misha. He should have let him pass way earlier. That was really bad driving and etiquette…

Should have allowed the much faster Vette to pass safely. Such an idiot!

I got a Cupra R and I was saying the same thing, 'til he braked and turn on that downgrade, but he caught it and controlled it, he's been thru that more than once lol!^^ \O>

He wasn't moving over like he was supposed to.

He's the real deal!

Nawh, he's just showing off. I'm sure i could blow his doors off...one day! HAHA! Come to Mosport, and i'll show you how to drive fast!

Chill lap my ass 😃😃

That’s cause he’s a race car driver

He lives here. It’s basically a casual drive to the grocery store for him.

@@buildindian8169 😂😂

I've seen cars display current horsepower (for some reason), but not oil pressure. Always a big yikes from me

He could have had the g-force meter up instead of the options menu. I wish the owner had set that up before the lap

Having the temperatures in Celsius must confuse any Americans though and the speed in km/h. I'm assuming that can be dumbed down however ;o)

The passenger body makes me realize all the Gforces anyway

@@corleth2868 temp scales can be changed in the options. same with speed

Same here, 4 track events and no issues. Then on a normal day, taking a kid to her graduation, the radiator hose gave up the ghost....Tech said it was a "friction" hole. I'll find out tomorrow what that means....

@@metomwhou It rubbed through on a spot and sprung a leak is what that would usually indicate.

@@Adierit Thanks for the mansplanation 🤣

@Karl with a K And you're making yourself look stupid by copy pasting that comment everywhere 😂

@@karlwithak. c8 hater

Thanks Olly. Misha is a class act, it was a real pleasure taking those laps with him!

@@metomwhou 😊👍🏼

I was thinking the same thing.

@@metomwhou oh shoot, you’re him! Didn’t even see this before my reply. Man, how awesome was that??? It would be a dream to get to take a lap with Misha. He seems like such an awesome guy. Pumped up for you to get to take a ride with him in your awesome C8.

@@metomwhou agreed with the op, you're a legend and seem like a nice bloke. Enjoy the 'vette she's a beast!

🤣🤣🤣

I'll never tell 🤐

Lol 😂. It is harder to be a passenger that is for sure

@@michaelshaw849 Yeah, I would have thrown up...several times!

Ha! No kiddin! I was looking to see if someone had already posted this comment before I did... Heck, after that "easy lap" I'm thinkin I may have been looking to bail too!

Very well said and 100% agreed!

Thanks! It was a definite highlight for me as well!

I agree with most of that but the engine part; this is still the LT2 so you do have lots of low-end torque and a redline @6600 and peak power at around 6500 so idk if it'll ever sound particularly ragged or on the edge. That and the long gearing makes it best at relatively low revs

@@ganeshgajavelli1487 I wasn't saying the engine wasn't working, I was saying it doesn't sound like it. There are plenty of engines that sound like they're about to explode when under load, this isn't one of them. It just easily goes about it's business making great power without whining about it.

Well the numbers look big until you realize its just KPH and converted to MPH, the speeds are just what I drive my old Formula station wagon at...

@@BuzzLOLOL very aware those are KPH’s. Sure you can keep up with the ‘Vette…

@@BuzzLOLOL in a straight line

But, he always drives like this...

@@BuzzLOLOL But do you drive that old station wagon on the Ring? It's called the Green Hell for a reason XD

You managed to secure an order?

@@nighthawk0077 yes

They definitely will. Rumors are even saying that the ZR1 will be pushing 850 hp, and the Zora will be putting down 1,000. The Z06 is where my heart lies, though; you can’t beat that fabulous NA V8.

What’s the Zora?? I’ve never heard of that

@@RaheelZahir A rumored hybrid model that’ll have a TT V8, paired with electric motors to give it a ton of power.

i was thinking the same thing. one of the best car "tests" i have seen for a C8 yet.

You should know that GM and Ferrari traded technologies: GM gets the Brembo brakes and Ferrari gets the magshocks.

@@lesevesel2898 Is that true? I didn't know that.

​@@lesevesel2898I found nothing about ferrari having anything to do with GM and Brembo

So true. The WRX STI was like that for me. Even tuned you could go 8-9/10 with it and feel comfortable, with kind boggling levels of grip (4 differentials). Mine was protuned at 480 HP and minimal lag. It was really fun to learn to drive properly with that car.

@Karl with a K it was slowing him down actually lol

@Karl with a K yea i can tell you have never tracked before. You're * btw not your.

@Karl with a K the asterisk was not used to highlight. You can utilize google to brush up on proper grammar and common internet/text lingo. Seems like you're an elderly fellow so I will excuse the ignorance. I highly doubt you have tracked despite what you say here. Good day.

@Karl with a K sure you were boomer.

Actually that was Multimatic and it was used on open wheel mostly and some other race cars long before GM it just slowly worked it's way up the chain

@@paintbywolf8789 that is incorrect. Delphi Automotive which was created and owned by GM designed and developed the magnetic ride control. The Ontario based company multimatic you speak of "which I am very familiar with" developed the Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve dampers DSSV which were originally used for racing only but about half a dozen vehicles used them now including a few pickup trucks "one which I own"

@@paintbywolf8789 You need to do a bit more research before you leave a comment. I was going to chime in, but the guy below your comment beat me to it and is 100% right.

@@paintbywolf8789 I think a little research is due my man.

@@Lanse1984 re: "Delphi Automotive" yup it was definitely Delphi and originally fitted to "Caddys" going back 20 years ago. it has since been sold off, so goes some way at explaining why we now find Magna-Ride fitted to everything from Mustangs to Ferraris and Lamborghinis.

Wait for the zr1 lol

Thanks Kolzahn!

"need the ballast?"

A couple of turbskis will wake it up.

@@nordic5490 there's a girl over here in the States with a twin turbo C8, she broke some record with it I believe, extremely cute girl too, I believe she was the first C8 with twin turbos as well. Let me try to remember her name..... Emilia Hartford. Edit: and she's been driving around in the new C8 Z06 I just noticed....she has a press car.... and it sounds ridiculous (in a good way)

Imagine the Zr1

Yes. It would have benefitted from slicks. But it's street car so is what it is.

might not be as expensive to run as the exotic's ;)

@Omar Monelle The car was on the factory Michelin PS4S tires and the brake ducts were installed as well. I mention in the video that I have few things to install and those a CAI, Ported throttle body and ported Intake manifold. Hopefully that will help it breathe a little better up top!

@@metomwhou please bring it back when you get the mods done.

@@metomwhou do you have a channel as well? Would be great to see what you do with this car and what works for you.

Corvette finally won the European gearheads! 👍🏻

Yeah, don't like seeing automatic tranny cars shift way before the redline...

Grazi Mario 👍

Exactly why the Z06 & ZR1 are going to the DOHC 5.5L LT6 initially developed for the C8R, N/A for the Z06 & twin turbo for the ZR1.

The z06 wont be available, even if so its gonna be a 170k car with tax not really feasible

You won't regret it!

Ya man, I have lowered 3LT with a glass roof and a Hennessey exhaust and its seriously well done. I had a 991.1 turbo before that, and the handling is easily just as good as the 911 and it sounds wild.

I bought mine for $100k MSRP fully loaded out 2022 coupe, went with basically every option. It’s amazing.

@@tash6638 that's awesome

@@michae8jackson378 you won’t regret it man seriously, I wasn’t a huge corvette guy but this is just a completely different animal

It will be treated like this 20 years from now. When those old guys can no longer drive and there 15 to $20,000 like the c5 is now

Nah, a lot of the people buying ferarri do not care about performance. They buy it because it is expensive, so it brings status.

@@teabaggins3517 exactly. This would be a council estate supercar if sold over here aimed at R8 owners especially at 63k

@@JD-eo7dr exactly, R8 the V8 version would be the main competitor... If people really cared about cost performance, you would see zero a Huracans on the street and everyone would go for R8..but it is clearly not happening

You really think people buy Ferrari for 0-60 time or something?

@@teabaggins3517 I believe that. Many of these exotics performance cars you see in vids in Monaco, Miami, and London probably don't go to a track. To me, it looks just like status symbols of who has the most expensive, exotic cars.

I was in the same boat...I'm only 5'11 and my head touches the headliner with a helmet.

What you mean with "15 degrees of timing"?

@@mthxjzz6462 he means ignition timing. Earlier ignition timing can result in more power. If the car is pulling 15° of timing you loose a lot of power. This usually happens if something gets to hot, some pressure gets low etc.

@@machtmonk Thanks mate!

Needs race fuel

Maybe the catalytic converters are getting to hot. It is a known issue, to keep them safe timing is pulled

Fuel pressure indicator, great feature can see how hard pumps are working when he's full throttle

that's the problem, the corvette is not a ferrari or lamborghini

@@Steven-re3id problem? Isn't it a solution? Same performance for way less? It would easily be 250-300k more as a ferrari or lamborghini

@@trashbandit2449 I don't think it will have the same performance at least not the newer ones, Ferrari base models have over 700hp even over 800hp Lamborghini will bring out the aventador replacement and it will probably have over 900hp and the huracán replacement will be the same, so they're probably not even in the same performance league just like they're not in the same price league even the 911 gt3 rs where i lived costs the same or less than a base corvette c8 and obviously it's a much better car

@@Steven-re3id the ferrari 458 Italia (NOT the base model) has a 7:38 nurburgring time. Even an audi r8 v10 plus (also not a base model) has a 7:32. A c8 corvette? 7:29. Same time as a lamborghini huracan lp 610 (7:28). That's impressive, especially when you factor in cost.

@@trashbandit2449 not impressive when a heavier, less powerful and 10 year older 2010 nissan gtr is faster and comparing times from 10 years ago is meaningless because of the difference in tires and the difference between the time of the ferrari 458 and the corvette c8 is that the Ferrari lap time was done by an average journalist and the Corvette c8 by a professional driver with factory effort, even a nearly 2 ton Mercedes is 10 seconds faster

It was very fun indeed! Is it stock on power or?

No no, its not the original Power ;-)

@@maurosantos132 You were hanging it out bro! It was fun watching you!!

We need more details on the mods,,,that thing scoots.

Hurry up a make a video on installing the harnesses on the convertible so these guys will get off my ass about not having the harnesses installed!! BTW, love your parts!

It has the z51 package so it’s not truly base. That package adds a lot to track performance.

Ah always wondered the difference between big and small block. Thanks for clearing that up.

Unfortunately most of that is incorrect. The difference between a big block Chevy and a small block is simply the overall design and ultimate displacement of the engine. Historically the small block stopped around 400 cubic inches (6.5L), and the big block picked up from there. The current generations of small block, starting with the LS, are capable of reaching 427ci (7.0L) and current versions of the big block that GM Performance sells can reach 532ci (8.7L), with even more possible using custom blocks. Both small and big block engines are Over Head Valve which means the camshaft is in the V of the engine, therefore the pushrods are always located inside the V because they transfer the action of the camshaft to the rocker arms which open the valves. While there are quite a few detail differences between the two engine designs, they are both OHV pushrod V8s

I pretty much know as much about the LT as everyone else here but I'd still say you can say the LT is basically an LS. Big deal the componants are shapped a bit differently and it has the di, vvt, and computer to run the 8 and 10 speeds. It's still a lightweight alloy gm engine. What other engine does it have as much in common with? I'd say it's closer to the LS then the LS was to the gen 1 and 2 type motors. The LT is more like a gen 4.75. Calling it just a 4.5 probably wouldn't be enough. Just think of it as your girlfriend LS and LT you can cuddle the same. An old small block. That's just not the same it's like a differnet human!

@@Timmayytoo Biggest GM small block now is LSX with 7.4 L and 630 HP , current biggest big block is ZZ632 -1004 HP ,successor of 572ci-9.4L -720 HP . These engines sells as crate engines for enthusiasts and doesn't have direct injection system as LT series. Big or small block is just about bore spacing .

DI… So the intake ports would need a walnut clean after 2 Mischa laps of the Nordschleife. I’ll stick with LS thanks 😅

Maybe so....What do you say Misha?

I told Misha the same thing, he's calm and collected and I look like I could be ejected at any second 😂

@@metomwhou Love it. I would put being ‘ejected from a drive with Misha on the ‘ring on my bucket list’! Cheers 🍻