Why race if you don’t have money?

Chapter 30 Semi-Racing Impreza STI
"Chen Xiangbei asked, will you accept the additional 20,000?"

The urging voice of Sha Minghui came from the other end of the phone again. It was really slow to make an appointment for a race with this idiot. He couldn't speak for a long time even when answering the phone.

Faced with Sha Minghui's eagerness, and thinking back to the murderous looks from Ma Minghan behind him when he and Hu Lingfei were going downstairs, Chen Xiangbei roughly guessed what was going on.

Since the other party is anxious to cause trouble, why not take advantage of this mentality and make Ma Minghan bleed more? It would be a shame to these scumbags!

"Twenty thousand is too little for ripening, fifty thousand is worth considering."

"Fifty thousand? You're such a jerk! You're asking for too much!"

"Chen Xiangbei, I'm warning you, don't push your luck. Professional racers don't even charge 100,000 for a race. Do you really think you're the racing god of Nanyun Mountain?"

I was at Nanyun Mountain on that day and witnessed Chen Xiangbei surpass Qin Lianjie and become the new generation of Nanyun Mountain Driving God.

But the price is still too high. It's a shame for him to add another 50,000.

"Run if you want, or not. If not, I'll hang up."

Chen Xiangbei would never tolerate someone showing off their wealth, and while he was speaking, he deliberately moved the phone receiver away, making it look like he was about to hang up.

"You're so ruthless, I'll give you another 50,000, but you have to confirm the time of the trip now."

As expected, facing Chen Xiangbei's "taking advantage of the fire", Sha Minghui quickly compromised. After all, the money was not paid by him.

"First, send me 50,000 as a deposit, and I'll leave next month."

"As for the location and method, I will contact you then."

This time, Chen Xiangbei hung up the phone directly after he finished speaking, too lazy to say any more words to Sha Minghui.

Hu Lingfei, who was walking beside them, heard this conversation and asked in surprise, "Chen Xiangbei, when you say running, do you mean racing?"

"Well, don't tell my mom."

While Chen Xiangbei admitted it, he also did not forget to give some advice.

"You work part-time at a car repair shop, so how come you're racing?"

Hu Lingfei has heard a lot about Chen Xiangbei these days, including his part-time job at Liang Chi's auto repair shop.

"If you repair it more, you will be able to race cars. The principles are the same."

“Does this also work in the same principle?”

Although Hu Lingfei didn't understand these things, common sense told her that repairing a car and racing a car were two different things, and Chen Xiangbei was fooling her a little too much.

"You can think so."

Chen Xiangbei still showed his old rogue nature. Since he couldn't make up for it by telling lies with his eyes open, he would just say whatever was outrageous.

"You lied to me~~!"

Hu Lingfei pouted and muttered.

In response, Chen Xiangbei just smiled and pretended not to hear it.

……

A few days passed peacefully like this. Deeply stimulated, Ma Minghan finally gritted his teeth and transferred 50,000 yuan.

Although this operation looks like a foolish one, and in fact he is indeed a fool with a lot of money, in order to vent his anger, he can only "endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden". In addition, Ma Minghan is not afraid of Chen Xiangbei defaulting on his debts. If he dares to play tricks on himself, the consequences will be serious!
On Thursday night, Chen Xiangbei received a call after school. Liang Chi said that the modified parts of the Subaru Impreza had been shipped from Hong Kong Island and asked him to go and have a look if he had time.

Upon hearing the news, Chen Xiangbei rushed directly to Liang Chi's auto repair shop without saying a word.

After all, no driver can resist the temptation of a performance modified car.

Inside the repair shop, the warehouse where the Subaru Impreza was parked was brightly lit, and a pile of modified parts had been placed on the ground in advance.

"Uncle Liang, this is a big deal. How are you going to change it?"

Hearing Chen Xiangbei's voice, Liang Chi said without turning his head, "How else can it be modified? Of course, it should be comparable to Han Han's racing-grade Volkswagen Polo."

"The engine doesn't need any major modifications for now. Refreshing the ECU (onboard computer) to remove the factory restrictions will give it a more than adequate 320 horsepower."

"We mainly focus on turbocharging, suspension, central cooling system, and vehicle body stability."

Chen Xiangbei did not raise any questions about Liang Chi's professional modification suggestions, and nodded seriously to show his approval.

Then he asked, "Uncle Liang, what are the performance of the racing-grade Volkswagen Polo that Han Han is driving now?"

Chen Xiangbei only knew the data that Han Han published on Weibo in 18, but now it is 08, and the two cars must have great differences in performance.

"The Volkswagen Polo that Han Han won the CCC championship in last year had 300 horsepower and a peak torque of 400 Nm."

"However, this is within the CCC racing regulations. The turbo boost pressure limit is only allowed to be adjusted to 2.5 bar. If it is completely unrestricted, the horsepower will easily exceed ."

"But if he were to race with a high school student like you, he certainly wouldn't lift the boost limit on the Volkswagen Polo. It should be the original racing-grade performance."

Liang Chi had dealt with Han Han before and knew that the other party's car was of very good quality and would not do the kind of thing that would rely on the performance advantage of the car to bully a high school student just to win the competition.

300 horsepower and 400 Nm of torque – that’s the performance of the professional race car that Chen Xiangbei is going to compete against!

After listening to Liang Chi's description, Chen Xiangbei nodded lightly and replied, "As long as the performance difference on paper is not too big, even if Han Han's car has the advantage of a partial-time ignition system, I can still win this race."

"How do you know about the partial-time ignition system?"

Liang Chi asked back in surprise. You know, this system is exclusive to the competition level. It cannot be used for civilian or street racing. Chen Xiangbei should not have access to this information.

The so-called partial-time ignition system was a solution devised by racing engineers in the early days to overcome turbo lag.

To explain the working principle simply, the engine's throttle is not closed, so that the engine and turbine are always maintained in a high-pressure and high-temperature state. In this way, there is always a steady stream of exhaust gas discharged to drive the turbocharging, and naturally there is no lag.

But the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, if you want the partial-time ignition system to be truly effective, it requires experienced racing engineers to flash the ECU and perform special adjustments.

Otherwise, it will be changed into the street-blasting mode of "Ghost Fire Boy". Apart from the exhaust pipe crackling and spewing fire to disturb people, it cannot reach the real racing-level supercharging standard at all.

Another issue is the off-time ignition system, which can cause the engine and turbine to operate in extremely harsh conditions, severely damaging their lifespan. This isn't a problem for racing cars, as they're paid for by the team owner and parts are considered consumables.

But it’s impossible to replace the engine of a civilian car or a street performance car every few days, right?

This means that even though Chen Xiangbei's Subaru Impreza slightly surpasses Han Han's racing-grade Volkswagen Polo in horsepower after the modification, it will still lag far behind in terms of power output, handling response, and other aspects.

After all, others have spent millions, plus the entire racing team has modified the car, so how can you possibly surpass it by simply buying a few hundred thousand worth of accessories?

In a sense, this is also a career that uses one's own "hobby" to challenge others to modify cars.

Of course, the strength of Liang Chi and Chen Xiangbei is far more than that of amateurs, so it may be more appropriate to describe them as a makeshift team.

(End of this chapter)