Chapter 463: What's Wrong?
Well, racing? Zhang Lan suddenly felt excited. Suddenly I realized a problem: yes, if this alloy is used exclusively to produce racing engines, the performance of Petrovich will definitely surpass the performance of these ordinary racing engines. If possible, this alloy will be used exclusively for racing engines in the future. Well, what we need to do now is to use this alloy to produce a prototype to try and see what kind of performance the engine produced by this special alloy has!
The racing engine market is a huge profit market, although the capacity of the entire market is not large, but every racing engine is the best of the engine products, and this level of engine is strictly restricted, basically eliminating the possibility of buying this engine in the market. There are even car tuning enthusiasts and underground racing teams who spend a lot of effort trying to find a professional high-performance racing engine. It's hard to find it even on the black market, and if it's sold occasionally, it must be for some very specific reason.
As for the cost, the racing engine is something that many people spend money and it is difficult to buy, as long as there is a sale, no one cares about its cost at all, it is only five times higher than the cost, even if it is ten times higher than twenty times, as long as the performance meets the requirements of the racing engine, there will be people who want to break their heads.
The company did not make racing-grade engines before, firstly, because it did not have that strength, and secondly, it did not have that condition. Now it's different, with this special alloy, it is the best condition for your company to cut into this market! If possible, it is obviously the most suitable choice to use this special alloy to intervene in the international racing engine market.
I told my father and Xiao Chenxi what I thought. Zhang Lan finally asked, "How about it, can you try it?" Build a prototype to test the specific performance to verify whether this idea is feasible? ”
"This ......" has been engaged in automobiles for so many years, and his company has a world-famous motorcycle fleet, Zhang Zongjun is naturally no stranger to the racing engine market. The high profits of professional racing-grade engines also make Zhang Zongjun coveted, if there is really this opportunity, naturally he has not let go of such a piece of fat land.
Zhang Zongjun groaned slightly and nodded, "Then build an engine and try it." ”
Petrovich, who had been anxiously waiting for his boss to pronounce the sentence, jumped up like a child with excitement when he heard Zhang Zongjun's words, and was a little incoherent with excitement, and kept muttering, "Boss." I assure you, this is definitely one of the best. I promise you......"
"Don't be busy guaranteeing it first," Zhang Lan interrupted him with a smile, "Let you make this prototype for technical verification, it's not just a random build without any indicators, so the exhaust volume will be selected at the level of 3.6 liters, how many cylinders will be selected, and how the cylinders will be arranged." The choice is yours. I believe you have heard just now, we will position this engine in the international racing engine market, then don't worry too much about the cost, what good materials are used, what good technology is used! Other than that. I went to the engine design department of the racing R&D center to come and help. They are more experienced than you when it comes to designing racing-grade engines. In short, you two departments discuss this matter, I don't want you to work hard to make an engine that ends up being a half-baked guy who can't meet the standards of racing engines, but exceeds the performance of civilian engines a lot, and is not suitable for both the racing engine market and the civilian engine market. ”
"Little boss. You can rest assured! All Petrovich now knows is nodding excitedly, like a chick pecking at rice. I'm going to go to the race design department right away and find somebody. ”
Zhang Lan is not worried about the racing design department's side of the shirk, and can believe that after knowing that the company still has such a magical metal, the design maniacs of the racing design department will definitely appear in Petrovich's design studio as soon as possible - madmen can only have a common topic with madmen.
"Why did they design it with a 3.6-liter engine?" After returning home, Xiao Chenxi first couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart and asked, then suddenly realized and patted his head, "Do you want to apply this engine to the Dakar Rally?" ”
"That's not right," before Zhang Lan could speak, Xiao Chenxi changed her words again, thinking about it, it didn't feel right, "Not to mention how long it takes to design such an engine from scratch, even if it can catch up, but with the time of various performance tests of the engine, it is definitely not a task that can be completed in four months, which means that it is absolutely impossible to catch up with the competition that will start in January next year." ”
"I didn't plan to use it in next year's competition," Zhang Lan smiled, "Isn't the design of the car in next year's competition handed over to my sister, Sister Alice, and Brother Zhuzi, what else do I have to worry about with you?" ”
"Then why are you still working on this engine?" Hearing Zhang Lan say this, Xiao Chenxi was a little puzzled.
"Our company has done a good job in civilian engines," Zhang Lan explained to her with a puzzled look on her face, "but in terms of racing engines, in addition to motorcycle racing engines, racing-grade engines used in sedans have always been a blank." I think this is a good opportunity, a good entry point, and I hope to take this opportunity to successfully break into the international racing engine market. ”
said comically and drooled, and wiped two handfuls vigorously, as if there was really a hawl coming out of his mouth, "You know, this is not only a lucrative market, but also can save us a lot of unnecessary trouble for our future car design work." ”
"Isn't your ambition too big?" Xiao Chenxi, who finally understood Zhang Lan's thoughts, smiled and gently slapped Zhang Lan twice, "Be careful of choking after eating too much." ”
After so many years, Xiao Chenxi certainly knows that what Zhang Lan is thinking about is not as simple as he said, maybe he still wants to enter the palace that represents the highest manufacturing level of the internal combustion engine: the ranks of F1 car engine manufacturers? ,
Although the ground level of this F1 car engine is nothing in Xiao Chenxi's opinion: this kind of engine has a short service life and high fuel consumption. And to be honest, its performance is not very good in its own opinion, but it must be admitted. The level of the F racing engine basically represents the pinnacle of the level of internal combustion engine manufacturing on the planet, and there are only a handful of manufacturers on the earth who have mastered this engine manufacturing technology.
Now a manufacturer of F1 racing engines. There are better Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW, and a few others, and the relatively poor ones are Renault and Cosworth, well, Japan's Toyota is barely counted as one, but Toyota's F1 engine is really not very good, compared to the Ferrari F1 engine and Cosworth F1 engine, which are known for their stability and reliability, Toyota's F1 engine and Mercedes' F1 engine have a common feature: love to burst the cylinder! But at least Mercedes' F1 engines have a speed advantage, but Toyota's F1 engines really don't have much to praise other than equipping their own team's F1 cars. No F1 team wants to use Toyota's F1 engines.
Although Ford is now very good X, and Ford Athletic is also a very good world-class car tuning manufacturer, it is still not a very good top competition engine provider until they take over Cosworth next year.
After all, there are so many that you can't escape. These F1 engine manufacturers basically represent the pinnacle of the world's internal combustion engines, and Cosworth in particular is simply an excellent choice for the poorest F1 teams - reliable and fast. Sex can be stable, and most importantly, the price is not as expensive as the Ferrari F1 engine, what could be better than that? And the Cosworth F1 engine is not much worse than Ferrari's F engine, and the Audi A8 engine that was blown by them in the future is also Cosworth's place.
If Alice Group can be among these world-class engine manufacturers, it will not only have a much greater influence in the international automotive industry. Even in the domestic automotive industry. The waist bar will also be much thicker. At that time, it is estimated that no one will talk about the Alice Group's car problems again.
Ford takes over Cosworth? Zhang Lan suddenly realized that something was not quite right, and frowned and recalled the bits and pieces that happened in the automobile industry in history: Hmm. Cosworth will be put up for sale by its own parent company, Wickers, shortly this year, and next year. That is, on July 3, 1998, Cosworth was also owned by Volkswagen as a subsidiary gift of the Volkswagen Group's acquisition of Rolls-Royce and Bentley, two luxury car brands.
But just a few months later, the foolish Volkswagen sold Cosworth to Ford Motor Company, which used it as the research and development arm for its own high-performance engines and provided engines for its own Jaguar F1 team. Before that, the Ford Group only used the racing engines provided by its own company, Ford Athletic, which is still far from Cosworth, an engine with a long history and a strong racing bloodline! As for the results, well, the results of the Ford Jaguar F1 Team are not to be mentioned.
Well, wait? Zhang Lan suddenly remembered that something seemed to be wrong! Was Volkswagen buying Cosworth? Wrong! Not this one! Was it Ford that bought Cosworth from Volkswagen? Not right either! It's not this either! What is it exactly? Zhang Lan knocked on the skull fiercely: What's going on? Why can't I remember it at the critical moment, no, you must think about it!
PS: I'm sorry, it's a little late, but there's a reason, because Tong Tong scolded a fight with an SB in the discussion area, because that SB basically scolded all the Chinese people, Tong Tong really can't stand it, such as a fish in the throat not vomit unpleasantly, the result is out of control to write, written is estimated to be about 2,000 words, so here is a little late, please big guys Haihan!
If you are very interested in the post of scolding Tongtong, you can take a look.,By the way, pat the brick.,The post Tongtong has been put on the top.,The title is called "Author.,Eating a boxed lunch and leading five cents.,Is the mood comfortable?" ”
Finally, two things are explained, although PS is long, it does not account for the number of words, and the text is still more than 3100 words; Second, today is still the fourth watch, Tongtong begged for everyone's support to count the votes
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