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Chapter 591 591. Japanese Paranoia

Listening to the old drunkard's words, Xu Jia walked step by step in front of the blue Subaru Impreza.

Many car companies have their own exclusive colors, such as Mercedes-Benz's silver, Audi's gray, Mazda's "Soul Red" and so on.

For Subaru, the blue stars of the Pleiades star cluster on the car logo are its logo, symbolizing the broader sky.

Many people are aware of Mazda's paranoia and pursuit of "rotor engines", and even once bet the company's future on rotary engines. But in fact, among Japanese performance cars, Mazda is not the only company to be so paranoid. Subaru is also a "paranoid".

Its paranoid direction is pulling force!
It can be said that the history of Subaru is the history of rallying. Its most iconic horizontally opposed engine and full-time four-wheel drive system are all in pursuit of a perfect balance ratio and are destined to be built for rallying.

To be honest, Xu Jia doesn't have much feeling for Japanese cars. In other words, he treats all car series except domestic ones almost equally.

However, he admires people or things that can achieve the ultimate in certain aspects. After all, perseverance is not an easy thing in many cases.

Seeing Xu Jia's eyes on the blue Subaru Impreza, Le Zai stood next to him, pushed up his glasses and said.

"This is the WRC2008 version of the Subaru Impreza. It has lost the STI tail and has been changed to the Subaru Impreza GE. The double-wishbone suspension that performed extremely poorly in the previous 07 version has also been changed back to the traditional MacPherson suspension."

"The entire car has a welded roll cage, a Honeywell competition turbine, a Bosch competition-grade ECU, a complete Cosworth control system, and a fully replaceable and readable data racing computer program written by me."

"In terms of power, the entire engine structure has been strengthened, with forged pistons, strengthened valves, customized crankshafts, etc., and the gearbox has been replaced with an XTRAC 6-speed sequential four-wheel drive gearbox."

“The braking system uses an AP carbon fiber three-plate clutch, carbon ceramic lined brake disc, and Brembo aluminum forged monolithic caliper.”

"besides……"

Just as Le Zai continued to talk about the results of the car's transformation, Xu Jia interrupted him.

"You are a professional in modification. I just want to understand one thing, and that is how strong will the performance of this car be if it goes on the track?"

After all, Xu Jia was not a racing engineer by profession. After becoming an F1 driver in his previous life, he gained a lot of knowledge on mechanical principles and even aerodynamics, but he was no match for professionals.

And he doesn’t even understand what the performance standards of rally cars are in this era, so Le Zai talked about this long paragraph arrogantly, rather than simply and rudely telling Xu Jia how powerful this car is!
"The current horsepower of this Subaru GE is adjusted to 300 horses and the peak torque is 610 Nm. If it is driven to the British Silverstone track for testing, I believe that its pole position lap time will not lose to Ferrari and McLaren. , Lamborghini and other brands’ flagship supercars.”

"Or to put it more simply, with its 300P horsepower on the track, it can at least compete with supercars with more than 600P horsepower!"

As expected, Le Zai has a strong science and engineering mindset. When Xu Jia asked him to be concise and clear, he directly used the crudest method of comparing horsepower.

"very good, very powerful."

Xu Jia nodded with satisfaction. Qin Hao did not recommend the wrong person. Le Zai was able to modify this powerful Subaru GE. He was indeed from the University of Tsukuba, the strongest automotive engineering school in Asia.

Don't look at the fact that rally cars only have 300 horsepower, but many Japanese performance cars from more than ten or twenty years ago, such as Toyota's 2JZ Red Bull Demon engine, Mitsubishi 4G63, Nissan GTR's RB26DETT, etc., can exceed a thousand horsepower even if they are heavily modified. horsepower.

But the scariest thing about the WRC engine is its low speed and high torque. The torque power exceeding Kg/m is almost the standard for diesel engines.

If you don't consider extreme acceleration, then its explosive starting and rapid acceleration capabilities, let alone a 600P supercar, even if you add 300P horsepower, you can't outrun it!
"No, this can only be said to be qualified, not powerful."

Faced with Xu Jia's compliment, Le Zai shook his head.

"This car does not have customized carbon fiber for the whole car, there is no equipment for stability testing, and there is even no wind tunnel data for the aerodynamic shape. It is still far behind." Xu Jia didn't know what to say about Le Zai's high standards. As time goes by, motorsport will become more and more specialized and highly integrated.

Ten years from now, it will be difficult for even the car manufacturers to complete the WRC racing car independently. They will need to hand over the research and development to several manufacturers specializing in WRC racing car manufacturing. It is already rare for Le Zai to be able to complete this step.

Of course, car accumulation and research and development are not the same concept, the latter is the real difficulty.

"Boy, do you want to give it a try?"

The old drunkard looked at Xu Jia's yearning look, took a cigarette and said something.

"Now?"

"Now."

"Okay, then I'll give it a try."

Xu Jia had already been introduced to it by Le Zai, and he was eager to try it, so he would try it himself to feel how powerful this Subaru GE is!

The old drunkard didn't talk nonsense as always, he opened the passenger door and got in.

On the other side, Xu Jia also got into the driver's seat and started the car. This horizontally opposed EJ20 engine began to roar like a sleeping beast being awakened.

"Boy, show me all your strength and let me see how you can get 2 seconds ahead!"

The old drunkard blew out a smoke ring, then flicked the cigarette butt out of the car window, sparks streaking in the air.

Xu Lang had retired for many years and was also paralyzed by alcohol. However, being overtaken by a junior still touched the driver's pride deep in his heart.

"Uncle Xu, then you have to sit still."

With a faint smile on his lips, Xu Jia stepped on the accelerator of the Subaru GE and rushed out like an arrow.

The old drunkard is his elder, and he has given him a lot of help, but from a driver's perspective, he is also someone he must surpass and defeat.

The Subaru GE was like a blue phantom, traveling at an incredible speed on the "country road" in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong Island. The road was only a little wider than the car body. Xu Jia's speed exceeded 100 mph in just a few seconds. .

Without prior road survey or road book guidance, Xu Jia was looking for the latest braking point at almost every corner, and had the ultimate control of the vehicle's center of gravity in corners. Even in the event of a flying jump, Xu Jia achieved an airborne body posture. Adjustment.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes while sitting in the passenger seat, Xu Lang would never have believed that his driving skills could improve so much in one month!
Moreover, Xu Lang also discovered something different at this time. Previously, he thought that Xu Jia was partial to Loeb's kind of technical and stable driver, so the person he found in the game video to imitate was Loeb, who also had the most advanced running methods.

As a result, I felt again today that Xu Jia's style is more like "Flying Scotsman" Colin McRae.

The speed of the car was extremely wild and aggressive, and there was almost no trace of braking or deceleration. Even in the corners, Xu Jia was going through the car at a speed that could be said to overturn the car.

At this time, Xu Lang's mind couldn't help but think of Colin's famous saying: "Straights are used to test fast cars, and curves are used to test fast drivers."

Even if Xu Jia's driving skills have improved rapidly, even his style has changed. What has this kid experienced?
(End of this chapter)