Chapter 586: What are you afraid of!
Seeing the record snatched away again, Hennessey couldn't sit still any longer. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Originally, based on the current situation at the Hennessey factory, the Punms should have entered testing after Christmas. But after Li Fanyu's first test at the Kennedy Space Center, he saw that the name of the speed he relied on for survival was robbed, so he stepped up his work and got Punms out.
Although it seems to outsiders that the Punms has regained the title of the world's No. 1 in the highest speed, it is hard to know that after the test and the speed of 447 km/h, the Punms used for the test, which has a trial production cost of more than 2 million US dollars, has been completely scrapped.
In order to squeeze performance in a short period of time, Hennessey extended the car's V16 engine to the limit and added four turbo wheels.
In the form of burning vehicle life, a limit speed,
The Punms, which cost a lot of money, was actually on the verge of scrapping after it was shipped back to the depot.
Saying that RS exploited the Guinness loophole, in fact, Punms is the same, Hennessey accuses RS of being unruly, in fact, it is the boss who laughs at the second child......
But this matter, the Guinness side does not know, and the outside world does not know.
Li Fanyu didn't know it anymore,
So after seeing the statement they released, Li Fanyu fell into deep thought.
In fact, in a way, Hennessey was right;
Relying on a single-electronic turbocharged W12 engine, the RS delivers good numbers. But also threw the first echelon of cars that did not reach the performance. Throwing this system out, the theoretical top speed of RS is between 300-320Km/h.
In the end, RS is based on the A4 platform, although it is equipped with many top technologies, but the foundation is there. Being able to modify the A4L into an RS with more than 3 times more performance improvement, Li Fanyu is already full of pride.
The original choice of A4 is because the basic panel of this car is relatively low, which can maximize the performance, and it meets the upgrade conditions of the system.
For the reason of the system, if Li Fanyu wants to make a modified car born for the limit, he will not choose A4L as the blueprint.
If nothing else, take the A4L platform as an example, which is a front-engine platform.
What is the modified car?
The gearbox, engine, suspension, can all be upgraded according to the maximum range that the chassis can withstand, and even the chassis can be strengthened to reduce weight for performance, but the layout is the same. So it's called modification, not production.
But the platform of the A4 determines that the performance of this car has a limit.
How did NOS be added in the first place? It was not that Li Fanyu crashed into it in order to deliberately increase the top speed, but because the front engine made the front of the car too heavy, and the weight ratio of the body was unevenly distributed, which affected the handling, so there was such a compromise and crazy plan.
After seeing Hennessey's statement, although Li Fanyu had a toothache, he did not refute it as before.
Although Hennessey's purpose is not pure, the content of this statement has been inserted into the soft underbelly of RS.
Li Fanyu thought for a long time, if the NOS nitrogen and oxygen system was canceled, then the breeding ratio of RS would be unbalanced, and the counterweight would have to be added in the rear row to ensure that the handling of the body would not be affected.
As a result, without the power bonus of NOS, the weight of the body has increased again, and the top speed of the RS is about 300Km/h.
In fact, in the past few days, Mason has also been talking to Li Fanyu about the approval of RS in North America, because the NOS nitrogen oxygen system is a device for violent squeezing performance after all, so according to the road safety traffic law of the United States, cars equipped with NOS nitrogen oxygen systems are not allowed to be legally on the road, and can only be used for track use.
It's a pain in the ass - without the NOS nitrogen oxygen system, the RS can only be called a high-performance sports car.
And now that Hennessey has filed a complaint against Guinness, it would be even more embarrassing if the results were really disqualified, without the selling point of extreme speed and the position of RS.......
According to Murphy's Law, if you are worried that something will happen, then the more likely it is to happen.
Sure enough, on the third day of Hennessey's appeal against Guinness, Li Fanyu received a notice;
"Dear Mr. Li, the day before yesterday we received a letter of complaint from the Hennessey refitting factory. Questioning the RS's extreme speed on the Kennedy Space Center's runway using the NOS nitrogen-oxygen acceleration system. In order to reflect the Guinness Code of impartiality and fairness, the notary team examined a large amount of information, and after careful research, the results of the handling of the complaint are as follows;
Since the NOS NOX system is not a vehicle performance per se, but an external device, we believe that Hennessey's complaint is valid.
However, the maximum speed of 478 km/h measured by the RS using the nitrogen and oxygen acceleration system was entered into the world record, which was a major mistake on our part.
We express our deep regret and apologies.
Also to ensure the fairness and impartiality of Guinness, we will give you and RS one month to upgrade the performance without external devices (such as NOS nitrogen oxygen system). If the RS can still achieve a top speed of 478 KM/h, this record will not be changed. If we can't reach it after January, we're sorry, but we'll cancel the RS record and change it to 457 km/h in Punms!
- Guinness Official Notary Public. ”
Closing the email, Li Fanyu couldn't help but smile bitterly......;
For the one-month time given by Guinness, Li Fanyu is no longer able to complain,
It would be almost impossible for the RS to achieve a top speed of 478 km/h without the nitrogen system.
While this may not sound like a big change, it's actually going to be a near-total reversal of the RS.
Just like he had worried, the RS was shortening the wheelbase and body of the A4L, and moving the B-pillar forward. The ZGX888 engine was replaced with a W12 electronic turbo engine, and the weight of the entire front was increased by nearly 20KG. And if the NOS is removed for counterweight, the weight balance of the body will be broken.
There are many ways to make a car go fast. RS's other supporting facilities are not bad, if you really want to do speed, Li Fanyu can get V16 or W16 out.
But without changing the body structure and layout, the cost of doing so will create a deformity in the car world - a freak who can only run in a straight line and push his head over in minutes at high speed!
Zhonghua is now making preparations for Zhengxin Energy, and Li Fanyu doesn't seem to have lost so much time for this matter.
If the RS cancels the NOS nitrogen-oxygen acceleration system and adds counterweights in the rear, it is nothing more than not very profitable.
Appropriately reducing production costs, just like the high-performance sports models of the Audi RS series before the change of historical time and space, can also be sold.
And Li Fanyu is actually more concerned about biodiesel in his heart, so it doesn't seem like wasting too much time and energy on this matter.
With this attitude, he even wanted to reply to Guinness with an email, but voluntarily gave up.
However, an announcement issued on the official website of Hennessey Depot after receiving the results of the appeal made Li Fanyu completely change his mind.
"We are pleased to see that Guinness's fairness and impartiality have given a well-deserved verdict on RS's use of the NOS nitrogen oxygen system to break the world record in an almost cheating manner.
The pursuit of speed in vehicles has always been something that all mankind is committed to doing. Over the past 100 years, we have maintained this obsession with speed through improvements in all aspects.
Hennessey Tuning has always been in line with this lofty ideal, making even more pure modifications and upgrades to our licensed high-performance sports cars.
In the process of modification, we are committed to reducing the weight of the body, increasing the horsepower of the engine, and making the most extreme optimization for the various assemblies of the body.
Ripe wheat always bows its head, but we are very proud of our achievements.
Thank you Guinness, let the halo of honor return to the head of the strong, and not fall into the hands of thieves.
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