"Power system?" Waldgard blinked, "We can seem to ask the Japanese for help. The Japanese seem to have some attainments in small engines."

He is smart, knowing that Americans who are used to large-displacement engines do not have automotive engines with displacements of less than 1.0L... There are some used to drive generators and lawn mowers.

Boss Lin had the urge to cover his face: "Don't you know that the Japanese are asking for a price very bad?"

"Is the asking price very bad? I think it's not bad?" Waldgard looked at Lin Zheng with a cute look on his face, "The Japanese who used to deal with me are very polite."

"I don't care what your impression of Japanese people is. From now on, the company is absolutely not allowed to cooperate with me without my permission! Whoever dares to violate this rule, then wait for the payment and leave!" Boss Lin looked around for a week with a domineering attitude, "Who has any objection?"

"I don't...I listen to you, boss." Waldgard immediately shrank his neck without a stand: Waldgard, the boss who gave him the engine, is still very clear. Although he doesn't know why the boss has such a big opinion on the Japanese, this is not a problem. Since the boss said that he is not allowed to cooperate with the Japanese without his orders, then it's better not to cooperate... When there is a chance to cooperate, there is no problem to report to the boss, right?

"Very good, that's right," Lin Zheng, who had a serious face just now, immediately changed his smile. "Lao Wa, you can actually ask the technicians from my country you want to keep, and ask them what their attitude towards the Japanese. Believe me, none of them like Japanese."

Is that true? Waldgard was a little unbelievable. How could this happen in this world? But the next moment, when he asked a technician in his 40s who was dirty and crawling out from under the car, the maintenance technician from China spat hard: "Little Japanese? Bah~! Manager Wa, I tell you that there is no good thing in dogs and Japanese little Japanese!"

Manager Wa? Lin Zheng wanted to laugh out loud: Who is so talented to give this guy such a weird name? Is it because he often calls Lao Wa and Lao Wa?

After thinking about it, Lin Zheng asked Waldgard, "As for the power system, since you like Japanese small-displacement engines, do you know the Alto car? Suzuki, do you think that powertrain can meet your requirements?"

"alto?" Waldgard blinked, frowned and thought for a long time, and finally patted his head with a sudden realization. "It's the kind of car that is as ugly as a little turtle? I seem to have some impression that if I remember correctly, we seem to have one here, but the power... I haven't driven it before, and I don't know what the power is."

No wonder, as a former World Automobile Rally Championship annual champion, this guy used to drive performance cars, but then he had no car. He might not have the chance to drive a small car like Alto.

Is there a second-hand Alto here? Lin Zheng quickly stood up and said, "Old, let's go and have a look."

There is indeed an Alto in his second-hand car dealer. The iconic "little turtle" has an extraordinary pocket figure. Waldgard first opened the car and looked at it. He nodded to Lin Zheng, "The 796ml inline three-cylinder engine, 26.5 kilowatts, and four-speed manual transmission, seems pretty good."

He thought the car only had more than 20 horsepower, but he didn't expect it to have a power output of 36 horsepower? This was a bit beyond Waldegard's expectations.

"Go up and try it, and feel it actually."

Waldgard was not polite either. After turning on the power, he found that the battery was out of power. He directly connected the wire from the battery in the car next to him. Once, twice, the car started trembling and started.

"Can you start after you parked for so long?" Waldgard was really surprised. He didn't know how long the car had been parked here. Anyway, the car he came here seemed to be listening here. He only used it for almost 20 minutes just now when he waited for someone to clean the car. Maybe it had been parked here for a year or two, for such a long time. The oil in the engine and gearbox might have deteriorated, but he didn't expect that the car not only started normally, but was still "hurriedly trying" to leave?

After looking at the fuel gauge, it seemed that one-third of the fuel was still there. Regardless of whether the oil was working or not, Waldgard stepped on the accelerator and the car immediately rushed out happily...

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"How is it?" As soon as the car of Waldgard, who was having fun near the car shop, Lin Zheng immediately asked, "How is the performance?"

"It's okay, but I feel it seems to be a little lower?" Waldgard smacked his lips, "If the power can increase by 10 horsepower and increase the torque to 70 Nm, this engine will be perfect. Well, the vibration problem needs to be controlled. The vibration of the engine is still a bit large, but this is not a problem, so I'll leave it to me..."

When talking about technical issues, Waldgard's eyes shone and kept talking about a bunch of nouns that Lin Zheng could not understand at all.

"Stop!" Lin Zheng finally couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly shouted to stop, "Lao Wa, do you think there is still a lot of room for improvement in the performance of this engine?"

"Of course, this is an engine with a displacement of 0.8, but its power is only 36 horsepower. Don't you think it's too low? It's about 45 horsepower; the compression ratio is only about 9.4, which is simply a waste of this cast iron cylinder, and it should be increased to 9.8 at least..." The level of the former WRC world champion was completely revealed at this moment, and these technical problems seemed to flow in his blood. At this moment, all the knowledge was activated.

"I don't want to listen to so much, I just want to know that according to your requirements, the power reaches 45 horsepower and the torque increases to 70 Nm. How much do you think the cost of this engine will increase?" Lin Zheng interrupted him and said bluntly.

"If it is well designed and industrialized and mass production will not exceed $80!" Waldgard's tone was extremely affirmed, "In addition, after the power and torque are increased, we can replace this four-speed manual transmission with 5-speed, and apply our automatic clutch technology..."

"Very good!" Before Waldgard said to me, Lin Zheng immediately took the board, "It's settled, Lao Wa, you can do this engine now and understand the problem of the gearbox..."

"But the boss..." Waldgard reminded Lin Zheng carefully, "The Japanese will definitely increase the price of this assembly by at least $300."

"Who said we were going to buy powertrains with the Japanese?" Lin Zheng asked back.

"But...isn't this the powertrain of Japan's Suzuki?" Waldgard was confused.

This time, it was Lin Zheng's turn to smile proudly: "Lao Wa, now you can study the automatic clutch, study the improvement of the engine's performance and the matching with the 5-speed manual transmission. After you come up with the new technical reform plan, believe me, I can guarantee that the price of this powertrain will not be higher than US$2,000!"

"$2,000?" Waldgard was so scared by Lin Zheng's words, "Boss, aren't you kidding me?"

"Believe in your boss!" Lin Zheng smiled and patted Waldgard on the shoulder: He had a sabbatical case.

"By the way, you just said that MCC is studying hybrid systems for their car? Lao Wa, you have a psychological preparation in advance. Your boss, I will start the research on electric drive systems. At the same time, your boss, I also own a considerable stake in a nickel-chromium battery company," Lin Zheng proudly patted Waldgard on the shoulder, "So, starting from the design of this car, you must be prepared for the future hybrid power supply. I think at most, by 2000, we will be able to come up with our first generation hybrid system."

"Boss, are you saying true?" Waldgard was excited and almost slapped: Not only did the boss start researching the hybrid system without realizing it?

"Do you think I'll joke with you about this kind of thing?" Lin Zheng asked back.

Waldegard immediately felt relieved: The boss is right, this kind of thing is really impossible to joke about!

Poor Waldgard raised his hand excitedly and put it down. It’s not his fault, who made Lin Zheng give him such a big surprise without any warning?

No wonder the boss can make his business so big, and this foresight is beyond comparison to ordinary people.

After being excited for a while, Waldgard calmed down and suppressed his excitement to Lin Zheng, "Boss, since you have started to build a hybrid system, it's simple now. We only need a set of 1.0L engines with a transmission assembly. The power system is basically solved. The rest is the water grinding time for debugging and testing;"

"You are right. If you want to maximize space and minimize appearance, the rear-mounted rear-wheel drive and the four tires are the best choice. As for the suspension system... Boss, do you really think it is necessary to use the front and rear McPherson? I think the front McPherson and the rear twisting beam can be used."

Don't think that McPherson suspension is simple, and you have some knowledge of racing. No matter what the suspension system of the prototype car is, those WRC racing cars will be modified into front and rear McPherson when modified. There are many adjustable data and are easy to maintain and replace. However, relative, the cost of a pair of McPherson suspension is much higher than that of the torque beam suspension. The price of this car is not planned to be sold at all. It is necessary to save as much cost as possible. Then, the front and rear McPherson...

Lin Zheng also felt that what Waldegard said makes sense. The front and rear McPherson independent suspension is a bit too high-end. After thinking about it, Lin Zheng said, "Let's do this, the low-end model has a McPherson twisting beam, but the adjustment should not be too hard; the high-end model has the front and rear McPherson... This can be our selling point."
Chapter completed!