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Chapter 686 Scaring Honda

Just when Jiro Kawamoto was scratching his head on how to persuade the Japanese government, Zhang Qihang became a little impatient: If it drags on for a day, when will there be a result? !

For him with a background in technology, the solution to this problem is extremely simple and rude: the reason why you Honda refused to agree readily is because you feel that you have suffered a loss in this technology exchange?In this case, it’s simple, I just build an engine that makes you feel like your F-series engine is the same thing!
For this reason, he specially called Feng Guoqing and Jiang He over, and chatted with them about his thoughts: "Secretary Feng, Lao Jiang, in order to stimulate Honda, I am going to make a V8 engine, what do you think?"

Zhang Qihang's words startled Feng Guoqing: "You want to make a V8 engine?"

"Yeah," Jiang He nodded repeatedly, "If I remember correctly, even Honda doesn't have a V8, right?"

Thanks to Zhang Qihang's idea of ​​introducing F-series engines from Honda, during this period of time, Feng Guoqing, Jianghe and other group executives have been working hard to understand the situation of Honda's product line. I have some understanding of the series of automobile products and engines. I know that the engine with the largest displacement that Honda is currently producing is the C32A in the C series. This is a high-end luxury brand that is used by Honda: Acura (Acura). The luxury engines of the Legend series and the TL series are also the engines with the largest displacement at present - the C35 with the largest displacement in the C series will not be officially installed on the Acura RL series until next year, and the more advanced J series V6 The engine won't be officially launched until 1998.

这里顺便额外说一句，被本田车迷们奉为神车的1991款本田NSX（底盘代号NA1）搭载的就是C系列当中的C30A，而现在本田正在开发、预计在1997年正式上市的NSX（底盘代号NA2）则搭载C32B。

Zhang Qihang nodded and said: "Yes, Honda does not currently have a V8 engine. My idea is, just because Honda does not have a V8 engine, if we come up with a mature, advanced and reliable V8 engine, what do you think Honda will be like?" Reaction?"

"..."

Jiang He and Feng Guoqing stopped talking. They looked at me and I looked at you. After a while, Feng Guoqing finally said, "Mr. Zhang, if we can build a V8 engine, that would be great, but if you want to To achieve your goal, it is not just a V8 engine. The power, torque, fuel consumption, noise, vibration, cost and reliability must reach a certain level to be considered successful.

I have also read some information about Hongqi Motors back then. It seems that when FAW developed the V8 engine mounted on Hongqi, it cast hundreds of cylinder blocks at a time, and only two qualified ones were selected in the end. This..."

Feng Guoqing has already said so much, how can Zhang Qihang not understand what he wants to say?He is nothing more than worrying that he "will go up when there are difficulties, and go up when there are no difficulties and create difficulties."

"Secretary Feng, I understand what you mean," Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, since I dare to mention this idea, I must be sure."

Ok?
Zhang Qihang gave Feng Guoqing and Jiang He some confidence, and the two couldn't help but look at each other: That's right, Mr. Zhang has always been reliable, if he hadn't been quite sure, he probably wouldn't have said that.

Thinking of this, the two finally couldn't help but get excited: If Huateng Industrial Group can really produce a machine with a power of about 40 kilowatts, well-controlled noise and vibration, reliability and cost are also within the acceptable range. The V8 engine...

What the hell!

If we can really make it, then our Huateng Industrial Group will be awesome. We are the second manufacturer in the country that can make a V8 engine after the FAW Group!

What's more, our Huateng Group is better than FAW's V8 because the reliability of FAW's Hongqi sedan equipped with a V8 engine is really not good. If you receive a foreign guest, you have to worry about the engine malfunctioning, so you have to prepare a little extra. A spare car, if our V8 engine can reach the level of "Huateng-Kawasaki" HT1000 engine in terms of reliability...

The faces of both of them were a little red with excitement.

Jiang He asked even more excitedly: "Mr. Zhang, are you really sure?"

"Yes." Facing Jiang He and Feng Guoqing's excited eyes mixed with excitement, Zhang Qihang nodded affirmatively: "Since I dare to make this request, I must have a certain degree of confidence. To tell you the truth, I have actually completed it." This engine is designed to work..."

"Have you finished the design part?"

Jiang He was overjoyed!

Before that, he was worried that Zhang Qihang might just have a headache, but now he heard that Zhang Qihang had finished the design work. Obviously, the design work could not be completed in a day or two. What does this mean?
This shows that Mr. Zhang's proposal to make this V8 engine is definitely not a hothead, but a long-term preparation!

Now that he was prepared, he had nothing to worry about.

Jiang He thought so, Feng Guoqing also thought so, and compared to Jiang He, Feng Guoqing was more excited, his mouth was trembling: "Good! Good! Great, if we can build a V8 engine , if we can build a V8 engine... cheer up!"

Yes, Jianghe hasn't thought about what it can be used for if the Huateng Industrial Group actually produces the V8 engine, but this is not the point. As long as there are noodles, do you worry about not having a pot big enough to steam steamed buns?
Compared with Feng Guoqing, Jiang He, who is the executive vice president, has more contact with practical affairs, so although he is also very happy, after the initial excitement, he is more concerned about the implementation of the project: "Mr. Zhang, the accuracy of this engine ..."

The machining accuracy represents the technical level of an engine to a certain extent. There is no doubt that the higher the machining accuracy of the design, the smoother the engine will run, but correspondingly, the higher the cost. I am worried, will the precision of the V8 engine designed by Mr. Zhang be too high, so high that Huateng Group can't produce it at all?
Zhang Qihang knew what Jiang He was concerned about, and said affirmatively: "Don't worry about this, it's only slightly higher than HT1000, and lower than our aero-engine."

Hearing Zhang Qihang say that the accuracy was lower than that of the aero-engine, Jiang He was immediately relieved, and said with a smile on his face: "Then I can rest assured."

Zhang Qihang's words reminded Jianghe and Feng Guoqing: Huateng Group has even manufactured aviation-grade piston engines with such high precision requirements. Do we still worry about the processing and manufacturing of ordinary civilian piston gasoline engines?

At that time, Zhang Qihang continued to say: "Of course, it is one thing to complete the design, and there are still many problems to be solved in terms of specific engineering realization, so my idea is that our company will work together with several top universities in the country to solve the problem." The mass production of this engine... With this V8 engine as a foundation, it will be much easier for us to develop a V6 in the future."

"That's the truth..."

Jiang He and Feng Guoqing nodded repeatedly, expressing their agreement with Zhang Qihang's statement.

After getting rid of the worries in his heart, Jiang He couldn't help but became curious about the specific performance and main parameters of this engine. He couldn't help asking Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, how is the performance of the engine you designed?"

"It can only be said that it is not very backward," Zhang Qihang said without concealing the curious eyes of Jiang He and Fen's national conditions, "This is a 4.5-liter engine with a designed maximum power of 280 horsepower and a maximum torque of 412 liters. Niu Mi, for the sake of prudence, and considering the problems of engineering implementation, I did not dare to design the parameters too high."

Yes, Zhang Qihang copied homework again, there is no way, who let AVL company have too much information for Zhang Qihang to learn from, and Zhang Qihang is deeply impressed by this engine.

Some friends may be familiar with some parameters of this engine. Yes, we don’t pretend to be a showdown. The homework that Zhang Qihang is going to copy this time is a product of Mitsubishi and the only V8 engine of Mitsubishi.

When it comes to Mitsubishi, the first impression of car fans is "Sir, my car is Evolution~!" The lancer EVOlution, and further down, it is the Pajero "Lynx" and the super-selected four-wheel drive that is coaxed by X. It is the Mitsubishi 3000GT, known as one of the "Four National Treasure Sports Cars of Dongying". Of course, the famous red-headed 4G63 is also indispensable. The concepts of V8, luxury, and D-class cars don't matter.

But in fact, Mitsubishi Motors actually has a complete and complete product line. The compact product is the famous lancer series, the mid-level car is the domestically produced Galant, and the C-class car is mainly for the North American market. The Mitsubishi Diamond that has been introduced into China even has its own V90 engine and luxurious D-class cars, but it is not so well-known compared with the well-known 8G4X series inline four-cylinder gasoline engines, but it is also quite well-known 6G6X series V-type six The difference is that Mitsubishi's V7 engine is not only very low-key, but also has one and only one, that is, the Mitsubishi 8A4.5 with a displacement of up to 8 liters.

The Mitsubishi 8A80 engine is equipped with Mitsubishi's flagship model: Mitsubishi Dignity. If you have never heard of this model, it doesn't matter. You only need to know which two competing models of Mitsubishi Dignity are: Toyota Century and Nissan president.

The identity of the competitor is enough to reflect the level of Mitsubishi Dignity, which is a D-class car through and through.

Of course, the market positioning did not make the Mitsubishi Dignity a success. In fact, the Mitsubishi Dignity died miserably: only 59 units were produced in total.

Of course, although Mitsubishi Dignity died tragically, it was not completely dead. In the end, it survived with a new identity. This new identity is Hyundai Equus.

(End of this chapter)