The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 290 Small Engine, Big Power
"Director Jiang, the engines we produce are the best in the country, and they were produced under your personal guidance."

"If BMW wants to produce cars, it can use our engines."

"Don't worry, the price is absolutely sincere."

Although the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Factory has no shortage of orders now, in the context of reform, no one would complain about having too many orders.

Especially now that the factory management system reform is in full swing, the better the performance of the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Factory becomes, the better the workers' welfare will be, and the prestige of Cheng Tao, the factory director, will naturally be higher.

"Director Cheng, I haven't congratulated you on your promotion yet."

"The first car that BMW imported was a mini car, which did not require a 2.5L engine, so they did not seek cooperation with your factory."

The BMW Light model is already under development, and it is obviously very difficult to keep any information about it secret.

Especially for veterans in the Chinese automobile industry like Cheng Tao, there are many ways to inquire about information about BMW cars.

Therefore, it won't have any impact if we reveal some of the project's contents appropriately.

Anyway, given the R&D speed of other domestic automobile manufacturers, no other manufacturer can finalize the design drawings of a car model in more than half a year like BMW.

"I have heard of this, but wouldn't the 1.5L engine be a bit too underpowered?"

“Even though you are proficient in various auto parts, it is still very difficult to develop an engine from scratch.”

“The most important thing is that it is very time-consuming.”

Now that Cheng Tao has found Jiang Hui, he will definitely not give up easily.

By cooperating with BMW, you may even be able to earn foreign exchange.

In this situation, how could he give up just because of Jiang Hui's words?

"It's OK. The development of our 1.5L engine is going smoothly at the moment."

"The crank-connecting rod mechanism and valve train, fuel supply system, cooling system, lubrication system, ignition system and starting system all have clear design plans."

“It just takes some time to implement it.”

After Jiang Hui said this, Cheng Tao suddenly became nervous.

If someone else said this, he would probably take it as bragging and think it is impossible to achieve such a big breakthrough in such a short time.

Most of the domestic engines are products learned from Polar Bear in the past and have been used until now, with only some modifications at most.

No domestic factory has ever succeeded in completely redesigning a gasoline engine.

At least there is no such product in the mass-produced gasoline engines now.

If BMW can accomplish this task, it will definitely have a big impact on China's automobile engine industry.

Especially if BMW's engines are still sold externally in the future, the impact will be even greater.

"Director Jiang, the structure of the engine doesn't look that complicated, and the number of parts is much less than that of a whole vehicle, but every part is important."

"In addition, engine parts have very high precision requirements. If the tolerance is slightly off, the engine performance will be significantly affected."

“Sometimes, we discover a problem and often cannot find the cause even after studying it for a month.”

"It has never happened before that a completely new engine was successfully developed within a year."

Cheng Tao couldn't find a good reason to convince Jiang Hui, so he could only say some alarmist words.

However, such words obviously would not have any impact on Jiang Hui.

He was very confident in the engine he had come up with.

Seeing Tang Riyue coming over, Jiang Hui immediately showed an embarrassed expression to Cheng Tao, and then started chatting with Tang Riyue.

The other party knew that Tang Riyue was Jiang Hui's junior apprentice and their relationship was closer than theirs.

So I had to find other people to communicate with, with great regret.

To some extent, the BJ310 roll-off ceremony of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant was an opportunity for leaders of automobile supporting plants in the capital region to have in-depth exchanges.

"Master, the wheel bearings that BMW cars need are produced in our workshop."

"I will personally monitor every batch of products to ensure there are no quality issues."

Capital Auto Accessories Factory is also a supplier of BMW. The teams of both parties have already started to contact each other and have decided that they will supply some parts for the BMW Light.

Of course, for such an important part as bearings, Jiang Hui believes that in the future BMW’s own parts companies will have to work hard on it.

Otherwise, if all the bearings on a car are purchased from outside, the cost competitiveness will be worrying.

"I feel relieved with you watching over me."

"As the automotive industry develops in the future, the demand for various professional and technical personnel will definitely become more and more vigorous."

"Although you are the workshop director and are more responsible for management work, it is also necessary for you to study the professional knowledge related to bearings and other parts." "You can also come out and help me in the future."

This was the first time Jiang Hui told Tang Riyue that he could work with him.

If it had been two years earlier, Jiang Hui's words would probably have had no lethal effect.

After all, he has a stable job, why would he want to work for you?
But things are different now.

On the one hand, the employment situation in the capital area was very bad, and many educated youth could not find jobs.

On the other hand, private enterprises or foreign companies did not have much appeal in 1982.

"No problem. I have already signed up for a correspondence course at a university and will upgrade my diploma first."

"When the time comes, Master, if you have any instructions, I won't frown even if it means climbing a mountain of swords or diving into a sea of ​​fire."

Tang Riyue now fully understands Jiang Hui's future and knows that there is absolutely no harm in following him.

Didn’t you see that after Chen Chenxing and Hou Guoming followed them to the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory, their social status is now completely different from what it used to be?

In particular, the hot sales of BMW 70, BMW S and BMW X made Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant the center of attention.

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"Director, I think this engine of ours has great design potential to be explored in the future."

After attending the event at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Jiang Hui immediately returned to the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant to confirm the research and development progress of the 1.5L engine with the BMW design team.

The most uncertain part of the BMW Z3 is its engine.

It is expected that there will be no problems with other parts such as the chassis and body, and the design difficulty will not be that great.

When it comes to the engine product alone, there are many things to consider.

Even if you have designed some parts, whether you can find a suitable supporting factory to produce them is still a big problem.

After all, this type of part has relatively high requirements on materials, surface treatment and machining.

If a product that looks similar has very different processing precision, the result will be completely different after being installed on the engine.

Just like the Lexus model that Toyota is currently developing, in order to significantly increase the engine power, a special team has been set up to tackle the problem of improving the precision of various parts.

Ultimately, Lexus achieved outstanding performance in the American market and even the global market.

Jiang Hui certainly does not have so many advanced equipment at hand now that can be used to infinitely improve the precision of parts and components. He can only see how to produce products that meet the requirements with the limited resources of various supporting factories in China.

"The structures of all engines are similar. When I designed this 1.5L naturally aspirated engine, I had already fully considered the future product upgrades."

"Especially in the aspect of valve lift control, it is worthwhile to work hard on it, and the lightweighting of the crank-connecting rod mechanism can also be continuously improved in the future."

“As for some special designs and surface treatment enhancements of the pistons, this requires even more continuous efforts.”

The engine structure of this era is not much different from that of later generations, but under the same displacement, the power is still quite different from that of later generations.

Jiang Hui did not expect to produce an engine of the same level as in the future in one step. This is simply not realistic in China.

Even if it is barely produced, the cost will be frighteningly high.

The BMW Sunshine is a car model that is used to boost sales, so key components such as the engine cannot have a particularly high cost.

Otherwise, a van like Wuling Zhiguang will be sold at a higher price than Santana and other cars, and its sales volume is unlikely to be very high.

"Almost every part has room for improvement. In the future, the power of this 1.5L engine may be greater than the output power of the 2.5L engine of the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Factory."

"In that case, this engine will be very useful."

As a former employee of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Hou Guoming is very familiar with the engine products of the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Factory.

He also has a general understanding of the technical level of the entire domestic internal combustion engine industry.

In his opinion, the current BMW engine is definitely the most technologically advanced in its class.

Even when compared with similar products from foreign auto giants in Shanghai, it can compete with them in many performance indicators.

"Small engine, high power. This engine will be the lowest displacement product for BMW cars in the future and will be installed on many models."

"At the same time, when we develop 2.5L engine products in the future, many structures will be consistent with it."

"It can be said that it is the cornerstone of BMW's automotive engine business. If it is done well, the future of BMW will be very worth looking forward to."

If an automobile company cannot produce qualified engines on its own, it will definitely have no future.

Jiang Hui has such high expectations for BMW cars that he obviously would not allow himself to accept such a thing.

(End of this chapter)