When General Motors’ engineers designed the new C8 Corvette Z06’s 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8, it was something entirely new to them. Never before had they built an engine without a cross-plane crank, nor one that had such a massive rev count. So it’s no wonder the engineers needed to get creative when putting together the record-breaking engine. However, the GM engineers knew they lacked the required experience, so they decided to do some benchmarking by purchasing a Ferrari 458 engine. C8 Corvette Z06: Benchmarked From A Ferrari 458According to The Drive, the so-called Gemini Project’s chi…