114 Back to the garage
"What are you going to run with EVO?"
Lu Ningping subconsciously asked rhetorically, because at the current level of Zhang Yifei's EVO modification, there is no problem with dealing with the streets and mountain roads, and if he needs to go back to modify the power system, there is only one possibility left, that is, Zhang Yifei needs more powerful power if he wants to run the track.
"Well, I'm going to go to the Tokai Circuit and run a track."
is different from the usual underground racing, this race with Shen Dong, seriously speaking, has actually left the street category and entered the professional level.
Whether it's a go-kart or an RV race, they all need to be on the track to verify, Zhang Yifei has been training karting for so long, and he also wants to use a showdown on the track to verify the improvement level of his driving skills.
F1 is Zhang Yifei's pursuit and dream, but it is not his only belonging, rally and touring car racing, which are also events that professional drivers should compete, there is no absolute difference in level, but the type is different.
"Yes, you can go ahead, but keep exercising."
Lu Ningping did not refuse, because to be honest, Zhang Yifei's current stage of training in the club has been very limited. The modified cars on the track are different from go-karts, but they can also train Zhang Yifei's driving skills, and it may be that Zhang Yifei can participate in some top touring car competitions at this stage, which will be more profitable than training karting alone at the club.
If he could, Lu Ningping even wanted Zhang Yifei to train directly in the formula car and squeeze his potential with a faster speed, but the conditions did not allow it.
"Well, I'll stick to it."
Lu Ningping's promise was also expected by Zhang Yifei, at this stage it has entered a bottleneck, and kart training is no longer so urgent, and it may be better to relax appropriately.
Zhang Yifei's efficiency is also very fast, he called the old man that night to inform the old man that he had been away from Guangshen for two months, and he was really a little homesick.
Lu Ningping drove Zhang Yifei through the customs, and then turned around and returned to the Hong Kong Island Club, after all, he still has the status of a coach and is also responsible for the other students of the club. Of course, more importantly, he has to negotiate the European Drivers' Academy for the next few days, and he needs to stay on Hong Kong Island and wait for news.
drove Mitsubishi EVO to his own car repair shop, Zhang Zhiguo and Ah Hu were repairing cars in the shop, still Jetta and Santana, but they also saw Japanese cars such as Duke and Crown parked on the side of the road.
Now in Guangdong Province, Guangqi Honda Joint Venture has been established for nearly a year, its new cars have almost begun to go on the market, and the proportion of Japanese cars has been significantly improved.
Even if the Mitsubishi EVO did not change the power system, but the engine made a low roar, it is not comparable to those family cars in the world, the performance car is the performance car, not just the appearance, but also the inside of the powerful power.
So they also heard the roar of the engine in the store, and they all looked in the direction of Zhang Yifei, and when they saw that it was Mitsubishi EVO, they knew that Zhang Yifei was back.
Parking the car at the door of the store, Zhang Zhiguo stepped forward and patted his son on the shoulder, and said with a relieved face: "I'm back, I won the championship in the karting event, it's very good." ”
Zhang Zhiguo has no grandiose words, he will only simply express his inner happiness.
"Brother Fei, you're finally back, I miss you!"
Ah Hu excitedly came up and gave Zhang Yifei a bear hug, after all, he was usually in the car repair shop, and Zhang Yifei took him to see the "world" when he was resting, and now that Zhang Yifei went to Hong Kong Island, he was naturally lonely.
In addition to Ah Hu, Brother Zhi also stepped forward to give Zhang Yifei a hug, but Feng Linmu was not in the car repair shop, because with the return of Chen Zhi, now the number of people in the car repair shop has increased, and the vacation time has also increased accordingly, and Feng Linmu is resting today.
There is not so much hypocrisy between the old men, Zhang Yifei can see him any day when he comes back, there is no need to make a special greeting.
"I miss you too."
Zhang Yifei said with a smile, then looked at Zhang Zhiguo and continued: "Old man, the main thing to come back this time is to modify the power system of this EVO, and I plan to drive it to the East China Sea to run the track." ”
"To the East China Sea?"
There was no detail on the phone before, so Zhang Zhiguo only knew that Zhang Yifei was going to change his motivation, and he didn't know that he was going to the East China Sea.
"Well, I made an appointment with someone else for a field race, and the venue was at the track of Tokai Volkswagen."
Historically, it took 04 years for the Tokai International Circuit to be fully completed, which is also the highest standard international circuit in China, and can undertake F1 events and various track races. However, it has not yet been built, so it can only go to the Tokai Volkswagen Manufacturer Stadium, which is also the base of the Tokai Volkswagen 222 team.
Although this is only a manufacturer's track, it is a three-~ class track that meets the FIA track safety standards, and it is certainly not qualified to undertake a top-level formula car, but it is completely fine to run a track race.
"The track race is different from what you usually do on the streets, it's more like a formula race, are you confident?"
Although Zhang Zhiguo does not have Lu Ningping's driving skills, he has also followed a generation of car kings to fight in the south and north, and he knows that Zhang Yifei has no experience in field racing, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do it.
"It's just longer than the go-kart track, and the corners are all the same, and I'm fine."
Zhang Yifei performed very easily, he has run almost all the international tracks in China and later generations, and the track race is not a problem for him, this is just the foundation of a professional driver.
"I made a phone call to Lin Mu, and I started changing the car in the afternoon."
But at this time, Chen Zhi stood up and said, "Uncle Zhang, don't bother Uncle Feng today, I'll do the preliminary work." ”
Zhang Zhiguo glanced at Chen Zhi, unlike the car repair technology that their older generation relied on master and apprentice experience to explore, Chen Zhi has experienced professional learning, and is more familiar with some modern modifications, such as ECU, aerodynamics, which are relatively advanced things.
"Okay, you can go to the warehouse with Ah Hu, I'll leave it to me here."
Seeing Zhang Zhiguo agree, Chen Zhi and Ah Hu walked directly to the warehouse, and Zhang Yifei also returned to Mitsubishi EVO and drove the car to the warehouse in the alley.
Mitsubishi EVO's power system modification parts have been purchased almost before, but this time Zhang Yifei came back and brought some accessories from Hong Kong Island, the most important of which is the clutch plate.
Because of the high-intensity ejection start, even the Mitsubishi EVO, a performance car specially designed for racing, the clutch plates are a little unbearable, and signs of slippage have begun to appear when used normally. After all, although the body design is born for rallying, it is still an ordinary performance car part inside, and a rally car starts with millions of dollars, but this one is only a few hundred thousand, and the price gap is here.
When I came to the warehouse, EVO's power system modification parts were already on the shelves, and Zhang Yifei also took out the Cusco dual-plate clutch from the trunk.
Generally, the clutch is single-plate, Zhang Yifei wants to replace it with a double-plate, simply from a literal understanding, the double-plate clutch will be able to withstand double the torque and friction, and at the same time, with the change of material, the actual effect is at least three to four times the effect of the original factory.
If this car is going to be improved next time, it is estimated that the entire gearbox will be replaced, and it will be replaced with a sequential gearbox of the real track version, which is the original of the Mitsubishi EVO track version!