The window of the Workroom was very big, and many people outside could see the work going on inside. In the eyes of these British and German s, this kind of primitive technology that could only be polished by hand was simply too ancient, too primitive, and too inaccurate. It was completely unable to keep up with the developments of this era.
However, that piston that he just took out was obviously polished using the simplest method, but just by looking at the surface of the piston, one could tell that it was a rare and exquisite product. The eyes of the two surveyors were very poisonous. They had seen tens of thousands of similar workpieces, so they were able to tell at a glance that they were definitely qualified. Based on his experience, and using an instrument to measure it, the accuracy was unprecedented. It was even more precise than what the processing center had done with the highest precision.Seeing such a result, the person who had just been questioned had already changed from doubting to worshipping. Among the spectators, there were a few old men who had gratified expressions. In the past, they were also experts in manual grinding, but were slowly replaced by machines later on. Guo Tailai's move was equivalent to saving them the honor of crafting.
What was even more terrifying was that from the beginning to the end, they had never seen Guo Tailai use a measuring tool. It was said that some of the experts could tell the size of the item just by touching it. Some of the young men had thought that it was an exaggeration. Now that they saw Guo Tailai's undisguised performance, they couldn't help but believe it. [It turns out there is really such a legendary expert in this world!]
All of this happened in front of everyone's eyes. Guo Tai Lai couldn't cheat, and the people at McLaren and the Mercedes-Benz wouldn't allow Guo Tai to cheat. It was only until now did McLaren's group finally realise how Guo Tai Lai's trolley had gotten here. They also believed in the scene of Guo Tai Lai crafting titanium alloy that Song Shanjiuzhi had seen before.
After Guo Tai Lai had busied himself for half the morning and came out from dust-free workshop to prepare for lunch, a group of McLaren and Mercedes-Benz technicians were waiting at the entrance. They stood by the side of the door and applauded Guo Tai with respect in their eyes.
It only took Guo Tailai half a morning to subdue the more than ten staff members present, and he was no longer suspicious of his handiwork. On the contrary, everyone was looking forward to it. With such precision, what kind of amazing performance would there be?
The 3.0V10 engine, in just one morning Guo Tailai had already completed six pistons, and in the afternoon, he had already completed all the pistons with other small components. After dinner, Guo Tailai did not rest, but went back to work, the crankshaft camshaft was completed one after another, leaving only the cylinder body behind before he stopped.
The next morning, Guo Tailai took out the largest and most complicated cylinder. Although all the parts were polished from rough-hewn workpieces, Guo's efficient processing speed surprised the technicians of the two companies.
The next step was naturally assembly. With Long Fei's help, the few Technician s of the Mercedes-Benz Corporation helped, Guo Tai Lai still used the most primitive manual to assemble the entire engine. The full weight of the engine was less than a hundred kilograms. Guo Tailai could actually handle it all by himself.
The assembled engine was connected to the test platform overnight to connect the circuit to the oil circuit before starting the test. Dozens of engineers busied themselves. Data were quickly published, forming a complete report, which was placed in front of McLaren's team's manager and Technical Director early the next morning.
"The maximum power output has only increased by 4%. The maximum torque has not changed much, but the life expectancy has increased by 20%. " Technical Director looked at the stats in his hand and his body trembled in excitement. "It's really effective?"
"Only the data on the experiment table." The team manager was relatively calm: "You have to get in the car and run one or two stops before you can see the real effect."
"I was thinking, if we really use titanium alloy as a substitute for cast iron parts." The technical manager looked at the numbers in his vision: "What kind of upgrades will there be?"
Technical Director had not been idle these few days. While Guo Tai Lai was busy, he had already brought a group of engineers to calculate the possible changes in performance after replacing the titanium alloy.
The weight of the engine would certainly be reduced, but the strength of the equivalent volume of titanium alloy would certainly be higher than that of cast iron, and the service life would be longer. Perhaps if he did not consider the reason for his longevity and continued to maintain his current strength, his weight would be further reduced. However, for the sake of lifespan, some aluminum alloy components will also be changed into titanium alloy, under the condition of no weight loss, lifespan will be greatly increased.Engineers had to make use of their past experience to determine and estimate the impact of these different directions, and form quantitative indicators, which they had to submit to the team manager and Technical Director for judgement. Of course, the processing cost of different choice is also different, also need to be listed at the same time, as a cost item, for superior reference.
McLaren's caravan was making decisions with the Technical Director, and the Mercedes-Benz was making choices as well. Compared to the cost of his own verification, the Mercedes-Benz was even more direct. According to McLaren's line of thinking, if the engines of some limited number models were replaced with high precision iron alloy, would the tycoons buy it?Some high-end models of Mercedes-Benz could even directly consider perovskite engine, giving their customers a different sense of dignity. Of course, the price would also be extremely high. Just this item alone was enough to cause the difference between the two cars with the same engine material to be of a million dollars or more. Performance is bound to change, but customers will accept that this is the point. If he wanted to know about this, he would need to do some questionnaires with the customers at the top.
But before that, no matter if it was Mercedes-Benz or McLaren, they would have to take out a real engine to prove that the titanium alloy engine was different from the others. If not, the engineers knew that there would be performance differences, but that did not mean that every customer knew.
"If you need me to test the strength of the titanium alloy engine." Benz was also very concerned about his reputation as an engine maker in the F1 competition, so after knowing that McLaren was a little tempted but was stopped by the high costs, he went to McLaren's team himself: "Benz can cover 50% of the cost, but the experimental data must be shared with Benz."
If there was someone willing to bear half of the cost, what else could the McLaren's team consider? Especially since Mercedes-Benz was their engine provider for the past two years, he had a contract with them to begin with, so sharing the data wasn't a problem.
"The processing fee is two million dollars? Two machines for a total of four million? " Guo Tailai, upon hearing the request from McLaren, did not think for long before deciding to accept the order. Guo Tai Lai himself also wanted to test the titanium alloy engine's performance. Was there a more suitable place to test its strength than in the F1 field?
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