Chapter 340
Guo Tailai didn't use Porsche to prevaricate Hisashi Matsuyama, but Porsche really sent several technicians and drivers. They wanted to experience the driving experience of Guo Tailai's new model, and they also wanted to ask Guo Tailai to help them reassemble it. A 993 turbo engine, let them evaluate the gap between the engine after Guo Tailai's processing and assembly.
When they talked about this request, they were a little embarrassed. After all, this is to let non-own partners work for him first, but the top management of Porsche is very open and assured Guo Tailai that they will cooperate with Guo Tailai to play tricks at the auction, at least guarantee that they can help Guo Tailai raise the price to 50 million US dollars above.
They are all in business, and Porsche can make the business so big, how can they not see Guo Tailai's real purpose? Of course, they had already learned that Mazda had arrived ahead of time, and had contact with Guo Tailai two or three times, which was enough for them to make an accurate judgment.
Guo Tailai welcomed this very much. In that repair shop, in front of the Porsche technicians and friends from the Hines repair shop, Guo Tailai gave them a live performance of what is called an extremely precise assembly.
The air-cooled 3.6-liter horizontally opposed twin-turbocharged engine is assembled horizontally. Guo Tailai does not need any tools with both hands. He holds the piston horizontally and inserts it into the cylinder liner without any blockage. The precision makes people drool.
Everyone looked at Guo Tailai's assembly was very easy, even Hines felt that Guo Tailai's assembly was a bit too casual, and he didn't even use a torque wrench, which made people shake their heads. But when the engine was assembled, installed, and the car started, everyone immediately felt the difference.
The sound and vibration of the engine assembled by Guo Tailai is completely different from the original Porsche engine, and it is also quite different from the one assembled by the owner of the repair shop. Just hearing this sound, Hines and the owner of the repair shop became excited. It was this sound, and this sound was the kind of high-performance sound they heard first.
The people from Porsche directly brought the testing equipment this time, disassembled the engine on site and connected it to test various parameters. After a busy half afternoon, Porsche technicians recorded the final numbers excitedly. The engine assembled by Guo Tailai has a comprehensive performance improvement of 3.7% compared with their original engine. That friend of Hines was right.
If they hadn't witnessed Guo Tailai's hands-on assembly, these Porsche technicians would not have believed that the performance of the engine assembled by their production line with high precision would not be as good as that assembled by one person.
You know, this is not a design change at all, it is entirely relying on the improvement of processing accuracy and the performance improvement brought about by the improvement of assembly accuracy.
Hearing the report from Heins' friend before, Porsche still believes this statement to a certain extent. Now with the professional measurement and real measurement data of the technicians they sent, and more than one person seeing and confirming it, this has fully demonstrated that they should pay more attention to Guo Tailai.
Hines also saw all this. After the race, he found the technicians from McLaren and told him everything he had seen before. McLaren's technicians hope to actually see the effect because they haven't seen it with their own eyes.
It just so happened that the Porsche driver wanted to borrow Heins' car to test its performance. After agreeing to replace Heins with a new car, Heins happily agreed to Porsche's request, and by the way, met McLaren's technicians Watched the speed test together on the side of the track.
Porsche's driver is good, and his ability to control Porsche's own car even surpasses that of Heins. With professional guidance and the calculation of the best cornering speed at each intersection, the lap record of this car was set to 7 minutes and 50 seconds, which was two seconds better than Hines' result that day.
Although this car cannot be strictly called a "production car", so the car's lap record is not officially recognized, it is an indisputable fact that the lap time has been increased by seven seconds without any design changes. . Porsche saw it, and so did the technicians at McLaren.
When contacting Guo Tailai, McLaren's public relations personnel were three points polite. The overall performance of Porsche's engine has increased by 3.7%, so how much can McLaren's F1 engine improve?
In addition to Guo Tailai's high-precision machining and high-precision assembly, the two companies are more interested in the good handling performance of Guo Tailai's new car, which is also the focus of their attention.
For the next whole day, the other two reserve drivers of McLaren and the drivers of Porsche took turns to experience the comprehensive performance of Guo Tailai's new car. The McLaren team and Porsche have cooperated before. This time, the two parties jointly rented a professional parking space, and sent their drivers to take turns to challenge the lap time. At the same time, they are also testing the new car's endurance under the high-frequency and high-speed toss of professional drivers. ability.
A professional team is a professional team, and in this case, the new car's lap record was once again broken by three seconds. After all, Hines does not have the cooperation of a professional command team. Relying on personal ability and familiarity with the track alone is completely inferior to the wisdom of everyone.
Unfortunately, this record was not officially recognized either. Of course, Guo Tailai, Porsche or McLaren don't care about this achievement. What they care about is the handling performance of the new car, and what they care about is the new chassis and gearbox. This is what they want most.
The appearance of the car, each car has its own style, and Guo Tailai's car obviously carries a bit of Mazda's genes, and professionals can see it. The two are not interested in the appearance, they pay more attention to the technology that can improve the overall performance of each car. It just so happens that the chassis and gearbox are two of the key technologies, and Guo Tailai's auction this time did not sell these two technologies outright, but authorized them, which gave other manufacturers the opportunity to only target these two technologies. cooperate.
After the people from McLaren and Porsche tested on the track for a day, other manufacturers also sent people to contact and conduct targeted inspections. The four female staff brought here first this time were completely overwhelmed. Guo Tailai had to urgently transfer ten female staff from China for emergency response. Anyway, they are all proficient in English and can communicate completely.
Seeing this situation, Hisashi Matsuyama knew that it was absolutely impossible to get a new model at the lowest cost. But he was unwilling to give up and could only wait for the next auction to be held and bid with other manufacturers.