Chapter 508: The Birth of a Beast (Part 1)
The first thing Guo Tailai has to do is the 6.0-liter V12 high-speed engine. After the original version is adjusted, it can output a maximum power of 750 horsepower/7500 rpm and a peak torque of 710 Nm. This is the key to the new Zonda T-car running in New North within seven minutes.
This is a pure racing car, born entirely for the track, and it is an ultimate sports car specially born for those who are no longer satisfied with ordinary road cars and turn their attention to the track. His competitors are no longer Ferrari Enzo and the like, but Ferrari FXX and Maserati MC12.
Although these cars have shapes that resemble professional racing cars, they do not actually meet the requirements of official international competitions. So who are their target customers? It is those people who have a lot of small money but also love motor sports. They often have the financial resources to organize their own private competitions. They can rent venues and set their own rules without being affected by the rules of international competitions. Cars like this can't be bought even if you have money, just like Ferrari FXX.
The new special steel has improved heat and wear resistance, allowing the engine to withstand more powerful power adjustments. It took Guo Tailai a day to meticulously make two special steel versions of the engine and assemble them himself for Long Fei to bring three engineers from the company and one engineer from Pagani to carry out the test bench adjustment.
Although Mr. Pagani was a little surprised that Guo Tailai changed the original 7.0-liter V12 engine to 6.0-liter, he did not interfere, and he only wanted the final result. Especially when the engine can burst out with a maximum power of 600 horsepower without much adjustment, Mr. Pagani has no doubts at all.
Next, Guo Tailai started to make the car body and other parts. In Pagani, a large part of spare parts can be purchased, such as professional tires for dashboard seats, etc., and Guo Tailai does not need to do it himself. Although the output of Pagani's factory is not high, Modena has a nearly complete industrial chain, and you can purchase what you need at any time. As long as you ask for it, there will always be something that can meet your needs.
Long Fei and the others plunged into the adjustment of the new engine. Every time a parameter is modified, they have to conduct crazy tests. Reported to Guo Tailai and Pagani, the performance of the engine is also constantly improving. 700 horsepower was mentioned in half a month. However, this is still far from the 750 horsepower of the original version, especially when Guo Tailai has higher expectations, and it cannot meet Guo Tailai's requirements.
Mr. Pagani has already had some pleasant surprises. On the one hand, looking at the continuous improvement of the performance of the engine, he is already thinking about whether the Zonda C12 will also use this engine next. Even if it is only 700 horsepower, it is 300 horsepower higher than the few cars displayed at the first auto show, which is almost doubled!
Guo Tailai is trying every means to reduce weight, just like the original R series, as a track car, Zonda R has almost removed all irrelevant items: audio, airbags, etc., and the noise it emits is beyond the Noise restrictions in any country, so you can't drive it on public tracks either, only professional tracks.
The body and chassis are all made of brand-new composite materials plus a titanium alloy skeleton package. There is no regular manufacturer to produce them, and they can only be customized by Zhengyifang Technology from the laboratory. The high cost makes people tremble. Fortunately, it is Guo Tailai's own company, which means calculating the cost without adding profit. Even so, it made Mr. Pagani feel that the price of this car will probably exceed one million newly issued euros after it is finished.
If Guo Tailai knew Mr. Pagani's valuation of Model T, he would shake his head solemnly. Mr. Pagani is really naive. The reference price of the original Zonda R was 1.46 million euros, which was still in 2007. In 2010, a large pile of high-tech and high-performance components were piled up now, and the ex-factory price of less than two million euros was simply a loss.
In fact, the factory price of the original Zonda REvolution Ultimate Edition was 2.2 million euros. If you really want to sell it for two million euros, you will pay for one.
A new composite material body, a new titanium alloy suspension system, and a six-speed sequential gearbox arranged transversely. Also in order to reduce mass while increasing shift speed, this six-speed sequential gearbox is made of titanium alloy.
The new cutting process of the brake disc is derived from the CCMR brake disc of F1 racing technology. Compared with the previous CCM brake disc, the weight of the CCMR brake disc is reduced by 15%, and the stiffness and heat dissipation efficiency are also greatly improved. Used under extreme conditions, the service life of the CCMR brake disc has been increased by four times, and the heat decay and braking distance have also been greatly improved. Naturally, these technologies have also become Guo Tailai's patents, and are no longer exclusive to Brembo.
Several electronic system engineers of Pagani specially developed two different modes of rear spoiler system for this car, Guo Tailai called it DRS (Adjustable Rear Spoiler Control System). In short, everything is brand new. The ABS system was also updated by Pagani's senior engineers to adapt to the aerodynamic characteristics of the car body.
Finally, the overall weight of the car was still 1,200 kilograms. Guo Tailai was very dissatisfied, so he continued to lose weight. All the low-density materials that can be used are replaced by carbon fiber and composite materials, and all metal parts that can use aerospace-grade aluminum are replaced by aluminum.
For example, for the engine, Guo Tailai directly used his ultimate processing ability in order to reduce weight. The inner wall was replaced with a layer of one millimeter thick special steel, and the outer wall was replaced with aluminum. The two were fused together through the powerful welding ability of nano-robots. In the end, the weight of the vehicle was reduced to 1,100 kilograms. Although it is 30 kilograms heavier than the original version, it is already the limit in this era.
Longfei and the others lived up to expectations. Based on powerful new materials, they adjusted the maximum output power of the 6.0-liter V12 engine to 840 horsepower and the torque exceeded 750 Nm. After getting the experiment record, the five people in charge of adjusting the engine couldn't believe the measured numbers. They tested it three times in a row before finally confirming that they really created the limit.
After Mr. Pagani knew the result, he was completely dumbfounded. He rushed to the adjustment station quickly, and he had to check it himself before he could believe it. He is completely sure now that it was really an extremely correct thing to agree to Guo Tailai's shareholding at that time. If I missed it at that time, I don’t know how long Mr. Pagani will cry under the quilt. That foolish Swede, he has no idea what his pride has lost.
Guo Tailai, who was immersed in the tense production, hardly felt the passage of time, but one day, he still received a call from his senior sister.
"Our embassy has been bombed." Zhao Yanyan said with uncontrollable anger.
"What can I do?" Guo Tailai's mind roared, and there was no such thing in the future dream, what happened?