Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 840 Lightweight Materials
Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help looking at Packard, and exclaimed: "Mr. Packard, you are really amazing, you can actually make a dual V8 engine!"

Packard smiled quite complacently: "Dual V8 architecture is what laymen call it. I call this kind of engine a V16 engine, boy, since you know how powerful I am, you'd better pay attention when you speak, Stop talking nonsense."

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head: "You can't say that. Although I agree with your super high technology in the engine field, I still don't approve of your modified car field."

Packard snorted coldly: "Then tell me, what am I not doing well enough?"

Niu Xiaoqiang returned to the topic: "Let's continue with the topic just now. We just discussed the issue of drag coefficient. I believe both of you can understand the meaning of this phrase. As far as I know, when the speed of the vehicle reaches 80 kilometers per hour, About 60.00% of the power of this car will be used to overcome wind resistance, that is to say, it can only exert 40.00% of the capacity of the engine. This is still compared to those vehicles with a streamlined appearance. If it is this Pontiac GTO , The kinetic energy it consumes against wind resistance will be even more amazing, so you have to find ways to increase the power of the engine. If you don't do this, I'm afraid this car will not be able to compete with other cars on the track. "

Packard glanced at Linda: "The appearance of the vehicle is a matter of personal preference. If you only want speed, why don't you buy a Ferrari and modify it? It takes so much effort to modify this Pontiac?"

Linda agreed with this deeply: "Yes, if I didn't like Pontiac very much, I wouldn't spend so much effort to modify it. If I changed it to other models, I wouldn't even bother to modify it."

Of course Niu Xiaoqiang understands this truth, and he never thought of forcibly changing Linda's personal preference. The reason why he made such a big fuss about the vehicle's appearance and drag coefficient is mainly to pave the way for the next topic.

Seeing that the fire is almost here, Niu Xiaoqiang immediately expressed his true thoughts: "If Auntie is really unwilling to change the appearance of the vehicle to reduce wind resistance, then you can only work from another place."

Linda asked curiously, "Where?"

Niu Xiaoqiang reached out and knocked on the hood of the car, and there was a dull echo. He shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't you two think that the outer shell of this car is too heavy? If you use lightweight materials to rebuild the outer shell, it will The car will still retain its ultra-hardcore style, but the weight of the body will be significantly reduced, which means that the engine can use less power to offset the heavy weight of the body, so more power can be used for Mercedes."

The same car, the lighter the load, the faster the car runs, this truth is clear even to people who don't understand cars.Linda and Packard, as senior people, of course understand better.

It is not that the two have not considered the issue of reducing the weight of the vehicle body, but after repeated consideration, they finally had to cancel this idea.

There are two main reasons. The first is that lightweight raw materials are not so easy to find.

Packard's engine modification technology is very powerful, but he has not studied materials science and has no ability to invent lightweight materials.

Of course, this problem does not require proficiency in materials science, let alone inventing new materials, and other methods can be used to solve it.This method is to reduce the thickness of the body shell.

In this regard, Japanese car companies have done a very good job. They have reduced the thickness of the body shell to a heinous level. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as an adult man stretches out his finger and presses it, the body of a Japanese car can be cut. Press down.

If it is a family car, this can save fuel and increase the speed, which is a very economical choice.However, a racing car cannot be viewed with the requirements of a family car. The speed of the racing car is too fast. Once an accident occurs, the impact will be far stronger than that of a family car.

Especially for people like Linda who loves off-road rally, it is more dangerous than on the track, so safety is an issue that all racers must take seriously.

There is no one who does not cherish his life. Racing is a very dangerous thing. If you do not pay attention to safety, this game may be the last game in your life.

Take the world's most advanced F1 race as an example, drivers die on the track every year.One is because the speed of F1 cars is too fast, and the other is because they sacrificed the protection performance of the vehicle in pursuit of speed.

As we all know, F1 racing cars have reduced all the parts that can be reduced, and they have also tried their best to reduce the parts that cannot be reduced.In this way, how to take into account security?Someone once joked that F1 racers actually sit on an engine to compete. Although this may seem exaggerated, it is not unreasonable.

With so many lessons from the bloody forest of her predecessors before her eyes, Linda had to carefully consider the consequences of reducing the thickness of the body shell.After repeated consideration, she finally chose to improve the performance of the engine and retain the original thickness of the body shell, at least this can improve the safety factor.

Packard curled his lips when he heard the words: "It's easy to say, how can it be so easy to find a safe and lightweight material? Take the F1 car as an example, it is still made of aluminum. This Pontiac uses The car body is also made of aluminum, so many car manufacturers, if there is a suitable new material, they would have used it long ago, so how can it be possible that they are still using aluminum materials?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled slightly: "Others don't have it, but it doesn't mean I don't."

Packard couldn't help but hesitated for a moment, and then hesitated: "You have? By the way, what exactly do you do? Why are you so familiar with cars?"

Linda explained: "Don't underestimate him. Although he is still a student, he owns a small car factory under his name."

Packard was shocked: "What did you say? He, he has a car factory under his name?!"

Linda nodded firmly: "You heard me right, he does have a car factory under his name."

Packard looked at Niu Xiaoqiang again with a scrutinizing gaze, and then sighed: "I really can't see that you are so powerful. If Linda hadn't told me, I would never have believed it."

Linda is more concerned about the issue of lightweight materials, as it will help her do well in the coming year's events.She asked, "Xiaoqiang, what did you mean by the lightweight material?"

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