Chapter 258: Test Drive
When the power of the engine reached 132 horsepower, everyone changed their previous opinion, this engine, although the volume is slightly smaller than the engine of the same level, but its performance, has exceeded the 130 horsepower of the Volkswagen 1.4t engine, and it is at least forty kilograms lighter than the Volkswagen 1.4t engine, and the noise seems to be a lot less, this engine has reached the peak output of the Volkswagen engine of the same level at this time, but it still runs smoothly!
The crowd understands that this is because it has not yet reached its limit!
After exceeding 100 kilowatts, the power continues to climb...... In the end, the power stopped at 133 kilowatts and converted into horsepower, reaching 180.8, almost 181 horsepower!
Oh, my God!
At this time, all employees know that they are not regressing, but creating a new miracle! The engine they just produced is at least 30 percent more powerful than engines of the same level, and can even reach 40 percent!
Audi's 1.8TFSI A4L is only 160 horsepower, and this 1.4T engine can be close to the low-end BMW 5 Series in terms of power!
If this engine is used in a small hatchback like the Golf, then what else can the Golf equate with performance? It will be a few streets of the same class of cars equipped with this engine!
Not only all the employees were excited, but even Zhang Wenhao was also excited, this production line was under the control of Xiao Er after being modified. It can be said that it has reached the technical level after more than ten years, and with such strong technical strength, it is easy for Dongchen to enter the automobile market, whether it is to compete in appearance, performance, environmental protection and cost performance, all the cars on the market will be compared with Dongchen Automobile.
At the same time, the gearbox parts, which had been re-machined by a high-precision machining center, were installed. Zhang Wenhao's next step is to send the engine and gearbox to the final assembly line in Chengdu, and match the car body he has begun to produce for vehicle testing.
Zhang Wenhao already seemed a little impatient. He waited in Zhangjiakou for two days, and a total of six sets of engines and gearboxes were packaged by him in engineering boxes and transported to Yanjing Airport. Handle air freight.
Six large boxes were loaded into the belly cargo compartment of the Airbus A330, and Zhang Wenhao was already sitting in the first class of the plane, two and a half hours later, the plane will land in Chengdu, and the logistics personnel of the assembly production line, already waiting at the airport to unload, will be the first time to bring the six sets of power systems back to the assembly plant, where, Zhang Wenhao in three models. The bodies of the lowest-end hatchbacks and sedans are already quietly waiting in the factory.
The employees of the assembly line have long been aware of the new achievements in Shijiazhuang, the 1.4T engine and the power output of 180 horsepower, which sounds impossible to them, but the colleagues in Shijiazhuang said it too surely, which made the Chengdu employees gradually believe in this incredible data. But they've been waiting for the engine to arrive, and to see how the whole car will perform when it's loaded into the car.
After two and a half hours of flight, the plane finally landed at Chengdu Airport, and after landing, the plane was pushed to the boarding lane, and the passengers began to get off the plane in an orderly manner, while the unloading personnel had opened the cargo hold of the plane. Begin to unload the cargo in it.
After Zhang Wenhao got off the plane, he met with the employees who were waiting to greet him, and then the two went to the airport's logistics department, where they waited for half an hour before six large boxes were loaded into Dongchen's transport vehicle.
Zhang Wenhao rode the XC90 that the company was equipped with and rushed to the factory with the truck.
As soon as it entered the factory gate, the XC90 drove directly to the final assembly workshop of the final assembly line, and the truck also drove closely, and after making a U-turn at the door, the car was reversed into the workshop.
More than a dozen workers were already impatiently waiting, and the forklift driver began to assist the workers in unloading the goods, while Zhang Wenhao saw six cars parked in the assembly hall at a glance. …,
These six cars all belong to a low-end model in their three cars, but this low-end model has two shapes, namely hatchback and sedan, the hatchback is basically about the same volume as the Volkswagen Golf, and the sedan is similar to the volume of the Chevrolet Cruz, but the appearance of these two models is very beautiful, even if it is positioned at about 150,000 low-end cars, but from the appearance alone, whether it is the overall model, streamlined design, or wheels, tailpipes, lights and other details, all reflect a very extraordinary design concept, Many elements, on the current model, are still difficult to see.
These two cars, judging from the appearance alone, have already won!
Of course, no one will know that this one of them is a Golf model launched by Volkswagen more than ten years later, and it is also the best-selling, most popular, and rave reviews of the Golf in history; As for the other model, it was borrowed from the Ford Mondeo more than ten years later, but the overall proportion was slightly reduced.
Workers are still busy unloading, unpacking, and pushing into the cart to prepare for lifting, while Zhang Wenhao pulls the car door, ready to sit in and feel the space and comfort in the car.
These two cars, although they are miniature cars, but the design of the interior space is very reasonable, from the moment the door is opened, people will feel that the door handle, the door opening and closing damping strength is very appropriate, not light or heavy, the feel is very good, and the seats in the car are also the selected leather seats, of course, this is the configuration that will only be available in the high-end models.
The size of the steering wheel is moderate, but because there is no power system, it is not possible to know the strength of the steering for the time being, and the center console is also very concise and classic, the high-end version has LCD navigation, these electronic devices are purchased directly from suppliers, Zhang Wenhao has not been specially developed, but in the future, if you do luxury cars and performance cars, driving computers and driving intelligence systems, you must develop them yourself, similar to BMW's ...... The workers began to tow two different cars to the lifting platform, after the two cars were fixed, the lifting platform rose to a height of about 1.7 meters, which was convenient for the workers to install and debug at the bottom, and the front cover of the car had been removed by the workers above, and the engine was hoisted above the car body, ready to be installed at any time.
Zhang Wenhao got out of the car, walked to the side of the lifting platform to observe, the workers who took over from Woerwo are all old employees, the technology is very skilled, coupled with the excitement and excitement, the work is extremely hard and the interest is very high, the first to be loaded in, is the engine, after the engine is loaded into the car, immediately carry out fixed installation, link various pipes and lines.
The six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission was soon put in place, and immediately after the lifting platform was lowered, a worker dragged a fuel gun over to refuel the two vehicles, and after a start-up test, both vehicles were successfully started.
The assembly plant has always had several professional test drivers, each car just off the assembly line, handed over to them to try, and a variety of rubbing, in order to understand the car's power, cornering, braking and suspension hardness and other performance to test, looking for a variety of inappropriate small problems, and then the technician will be based on the comprehensive evaluation of the test driver, a new round of tuning of the car.
This time, the four test drivers have begun to gear up to experience this legendary little monster engine, because both cars are miniature cars, small weight, and the engine is about 40 kilograms lighter than the average car engine, 180 horsepower in this kind of car, it can be said that it is super high, and it is easy to turn this car into a performance car.
The plan of the commissioning engineer is to divide the four test drivers into two groups, on each car, there is a group of test drivers, one is driving, to test the driving performance, one co-pilot, to test the ride comfort, and to objectively experience the performance of the car, the two people cross-test, after both have tested, the two groups will change cars, continue the test. …,
The final assembly plant has a vacant large parking lot, as well as an oval road around the factory that was built at the same time in the early stage of construction, which is built according to the level of the track, of course, this simple track is still a big gap compared to the professional test site, and can only be tested relatively simply, if you want to test under harsh conditions, you must find a professional test site.
Many domestic brands, due to the lack of strength, there is no capacity building large-scale and perfect professional test site, and the joint venture brand basically has its own dedicated secret test site abroad, they put into production to China's models, are also in foreign countries after a comprehensive test, finalized before handing over to China's local production, so there are no foreign car brands in China to establish a test site, Jiefang, Dongfeng and BYD have their own test site, but the technology content is too low, even low to be called a test site, so, So far, there is no real professional test site in China, and this alone can also see the gap between domestic car brands and foreign brands.
Zhang Wenhao didn't think about establishing a test site, one is that the area is too large, the investment is also large, sometimes, some high-end brands in order to test the speed of the vehicle, just the straight track needs several kilometers, plus a variety of other facilities down, the area of a test site, may be larger than the urban area of many prefecture-level cities, what kind of data performance their cars will have, Zhang Wenhao knows, so the establishment of the test site is of little significance.
The two cars slowly drove out of the factory and went to the parking lot of the final assembly line, where in the peak period of Woerwo, at most, thousands of new cars just got off the production line were parked, but now, the entire parking lot is empty, there is not a single car, but it is a good place to test the car.
The two test drivers of the car also seemed to have made an agreement, on the way to the parking lot, they both drove at a very slow speed, no one stepped on the accelerator deeply, and waited, when they arrived at the parking lot, and then let go of the real power to try their cars.
The co-pilot's test driver holds a stopwatch in his hand, which is a tool used to simply test the acceleration performance of the car, although simple, but very straightforward, from the moment the car moves, to the dashboard, the speed reaches the specified number, and the time in between is basically zero error.
A large number of employees poured around the parking lot to watch this exciting moment, the previous models, were not sold to Jili before the finalized production, so, they have not really tested a new model, today, is still the eldest girl on the sedan car, the first time. rq