Chen Geng: What's the name of this newspaper? This is simply what he made up. Shaking his head, he said, "I can't remember." ”

Can't remember?

How can this not be remembered? Nobuhiko Kawamoto suddenly became anxious and bowed repeatedly: "Mr. Fernandez, please think about it carefully, this matter is very important to our Honda. ”

After speaking, he probably felt that his tone was not enough to describe the importance of this matter to Honda, and he aggravated his tone: "Very, very important!"

"Uh...... Well......"

Chen Geng really couldn't bear to face Nobuhiko Kawamoto's pleading gaze, which made him feel guilty, so he ...... He decided not to look at Nobuhiko Kawamoto's eyes, so that he would not feel guilty about cheating: "I saw it at the newsstand, and the headline of a newspaper on the newspaper shelf flashed by like that, and I didn't look at the specifics of what was going on. ”

"That's right, that's really thankful," Nobuhiko Kawamoto suddenly became happy, and hurriedly said to Raymond, who was directing his employees to carry out the final installation work, "Raymond-kun, could you please buy me a copy of all the newspapers that can be bought in the local area?"

There are people from Honda headquarters present, Raymond's subordinates are very quick, these 10 Honda CBX1000 motorcycles have been assembled for the most part, the iconic inline six-cylinder air-cooled engine is huge, shining, that is, Mr. Raymond is confused at the moment, I don't understand why Nobuhiko Kawamoto would make such a request.

"No need," Chen Geng waved his hand: "That was at least a month ago, I don't remember the name of that newspaper, I don't think Mr. Raymond can still buy it." ”

Nobuhiko Kawamoto's disappointment suddenly overflowed, but he felt that he could probably try to save it a little more, and said to Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, can you try to recall what that newspaper said?" After speaking, without waiting for Chen Geng to answer, he bowed deeply to Chen Geng: "Please." ”

Little devils are trouble!

Boon!

Chen Geng complained in his heart, but he had to frown and try to recall (ed.): "I don't remember clearly, it seems that there is evidence that Honda is preparing to make a comeback in F1 and appoint Nobuhiko Kawamoto as the chief engineer of F1 engine research and development...... That's what it means, it's been a long time, and I don't remember it exactly. ”

Chen Geng said very vaguely, all of which were uncertain and speculative words, but Nobuhiko Kawamoto suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, this is enough, as long as it is not Honda Motor Co., Ltd. itself has internal problems, if it is Honda Motor Co., Ltd. internal thieves, it will be terrible.

It was Chen Geng, who asked Kawamoto Nobuhiko curiously: "Mr. Kawamoto Nobuhiko, what are you looking for me?"

"Ahh......h

Chen Geng's brows immediately furrowed: "Mr. Kawamoto, what I do when I buy these cars is my own business, it seems that Honda can't manage it, right?"

"Hi!" Nobuhiko Kawamoto hurriedly bowed: "Please don't get me wrong, Honda has absolutely no doubts about your intentions, how you dispose of these motorcycles is your right and freedom, and Honda will never interfere in any form."

Yes, when I received Mr. Raymond's order for 10 CBX1000 motorcycles, I myself happened to check the work at our general dealership, you know, the price of this motorcycle is not cheap, Honda did not put a lot of them in the American market in the early stage, and only 350 in the United States, so far, these 350 have only sold less than 100 units, because it is so expensive, so ......"

"So you suspect that I bought it and was going to sell it?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows, his face was not very good-looking.

"No, no, no," Nobuhiko Kawamoto hurriedly waved his hand: "Mr. Fernandez, you misunderstood, in fact, when your staff ordered a car from Mr. Raymond, they inadvertently told Mr. Raymond that you were going to participate in the Detroit Modified Car Grand Prix.

When Mr. Raymond placed an order with the general agent, I personally asked Mr. Raymond about some of the information of this big customer out of curiosity about a user who bought 10 Honda products at a time, and after continuous communication with Mr. Raymond, I think you seem to be preparing to use this engine of ours to modify a car that can participate in the Detroit Modified Car Grand Prix self-made car group.

So on behalf of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., I would like to ask you if this is the case? If you really want to make a car with our engine to race, it is our pleasure, and Honda is willing to help you in order to make this car even better. ”

So that's what happened!

Chen Geng instantly understood Nobuhiko Kawamoto's little abacus: knowing that he is not well-known in the United States now, he wants to advertise them by himself - the little devil is quite good.

The current Honda is not the Honda that dominated the U.S. auto market 20 years later, from 1969 when it entered the U.S. market, to 1972, when it gained a foothold in the U.S. market with its CVCC engine civic (Civic) model, Honda appeared in the U.S. market for only six years.

The Honda Civic in the 70s is not the compact sports sedan we are familiar with, but an economic car about the same size as the Ford Fiesta, equipped with an in-line four-cylinder 1.5-liter gasoline engine with a maximum power of 52 horsepower and a maximum torque of 92 Nm.

For any OEM, the best way to open up the market and make a name for itself is to participate in various automobile events, the Detroit Modified Car Grand Prix is also one of the well-known events in the United States, if Honda's sponsored car can achieve a good result, it will be of great benefit to Honda's market development and market recognition in the United States.

It was precisely when Nobuhiko Kawamoto saw this that he was so excited to find Chen Geng here in person regardless of his identity after he accidentally heard that someone was going to modify a racing car with a CBX1000 engine.

Chen Geng understood, but he pretended not to understand, and in the face of Kawamoto Nobuhiko's explanation, Chen Geng's expression looked a lot better: "What you said is not right or not." ”

Right, right, or not?

How do you say that?

Nobuhiko Kawamoto was somewhat incomprehensible.

Chen Geng didn't sell it, and said directly: "We are going to design a car that will participate in the self-made car group based on the CBX1000 engine, which is true, but we are not going to fine-tune the CBX1000 engine and reset the gear ratio and move it directly to the car, in fact, we have a crazy plan: to reassemble two CBX1000 engines into a V12 high-revving engine." ”

For a large group of V8 engines in the U.S. market with a maximum speed of just over 4,000 rpm, CBX1000 the top rev of up to 9,000 rpm can indeed be called high-revving.

Chen Geng's words frightened Nobuhiko Kawamoto: What?! Two inline six-cylinder engines are put together into a V-shaped twelve-cylinder engine?!

Theoretically, this is fine, with a V6 engine being cobbled together by two inline-three engines sharing a single crankshaft, and a V8 engine being cobbled together by two inline-four-cylinder engines, with the former even sharing the same mid-cylinder, pistons, connecting rods, valves, and camshaft assemblies as the latter.

In turn, V12 cut two cylinders to become V10, V10 cut two more cylinders to become V8, Honda cut the 1.5L inline four-cylinder gasoline engine on the Fit cut off two cylinders, and the remaining two cylinders were moved to the motorcycle to become the power of the NC750 series of motorcycles, which is also completely explained technically, the so-called piston internal combustion engine, is nothing more than the permutation and combination of cylinders.

But in principle is one thing, how to do that is another thing, to two inline six-cylinder engines into a V12 engine, but not just a casual move can be, although the technology is passable, but the technical difficulties are simply innumerable, the simplest point, how to make these two groups of cylinders can operate in perfect harmony? This requires a crankshaft with scientific design, how should this crankshaft be designed? There are more ways in it......

It was precisely because Nobuhiko Kawamoto was the chief engineer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s F1 engine development that he knew how difficult it was for Fernandez to say this, and he looked at Chen Geng dumbfounded for a while before he tried to choose the wording: "Mr. Fernandez, I don't doubt your level in automobiles, but maybe you think about the engine too simply...... While your vision is theoretically possible, it's hard, very, very difficult from a technical point of view......"

Wasamoto had never dared to put together a V12 engine with two inline six-cylinder engines, it was insane, and he swore that if Fernandez was one of his men, he would have woken up the bastard with a hard slap.

"I know it's difficult," Chen Geng nodded, not denying this, there is nothing to deny, because this is indeed very, very difficult: "But this is my decision, success or not is my business, Mr. Kawamoto, right?"

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PS: Putting the two engines together into one, this is not a millennium fabrication, there is a small workshop factory called Radical in the UK, focusing on the production of lightweight competitive racing cars, using two Suzuki GSX-1300R "Falcon" motorcycle 1.3L inline four-cylinder water-cooled engines, for cylinder expansion, Polished and re-programmed the ECU into a 2.8-litre V8 engine, transforming two 1.3-liter inline-four engines capable of producing 175 hp at 9,800 rpm into 460 hp at 10,500 rpm.

With a dry weight of just 88 kilograms, the V8 has the highest power of a civilian naturally aspirated engine of 164 hp per litre and the highest power density of 5.22 hp per kilogram.

The Radical SR8 brothers are the record holders for the fastest production car on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with the Radical SR8 LM running the Ring of Truth in just 6 minutes and 48 seconds and an average speed of 182 km/h, while the Radical SR8 has a speed of 6 minutes and 55 seconds and an average speed of 179 km/h. God of War GT-R, Dodge Challenger STR V10 and Porsche GT2 RS......