Wan Feng listened to Master Luo Zhongxing’s introduction to the engine.

"This engine has a total of 1,560 parts, of which 563 are easy to make, 891 are medium-difficulty, and only a little over 100 are truly difficult parts. Although we can replicate them by hand, the speed is too slow. We can't even make a few motorcycles in a month."

"Of course, we can't rely on all production ourselves. We can't be experts in everything. If we do everything ourselves, we can't control the costs and we won't be able to enter the market. Therefore, we have to outsource all the parts that are easy to process to professional factories, and only make a few key items ourselves. When the time comes, we can just bring the parts back and assemble them. This will not only speed up production but also greatly save costs."

Luo Zhongxing nodded. "Then we will specialize in producing a few of the most difficult items, making it impossible for others to produce them. Even if others want to imitate them, they must master these technologies first."

This is also a trick to prevent lazy people. With the technical content of the 50 engine, it is not difficult for someone to tinker with it if he really wants to.

"How long did Unit 1 burn when it ignited?"

"Unit 1 ignited twice. The first ignition lasted one minute and fifteen seconds, and the second ignition lasted five minutes."

"You put out the fire yourself?"

"No, we discovered the problem and proactively put out the fire, then conducted an inspection."

"What problems did you find?"

"The first time the engine overheated, we found the cause and eliminated it. We then conducted a second ignition. Five minutes into the operation, a carburetor problem occurred, which has now been resolved."

"So now we should do a third test run to see if it can work for ten minutes and if there are any other problems."

Unit 1 was started for the third time, and the engine made a rumbling sound.

The technicians stared nervously at the working engine.

One minute, three minutes, five minutes...

This time the engine ran longer than the previous two times, and the engine overheated again after running for about eight minutes.

Luo Zhongxing immediately gave the order to shut down the machine.

This time, it took a long time to find the cause. After nearly a morning of unremitting efforts, we finally found the cause of the overheating: the problem was with the piston ring.

Although the specifications of the piston rings that Master Luo ground himself met the standards, the metal materials were not matched correctly, and they would overheat and deform after working for a long time.

They are not specialized in producing this kind of thing, so this requires a professional unit.

"We need to find a professional manufacturer to solve this problem." This is Luo Zhongxing's suggestion.

At that time, there were two manufacturers producing piston rings: one in Liaoyang and one in Shijiazhuang.

The piston rings produced by Liaoyang manufacturer are low in cost, but have poor wear resistance.

The piston rings produced in Shijiazhuang are of high quality and durable, and are a common choice for many engines today. The piston rings used for the single-cylinder 195 of Wahou Machinery Factory are produced by this factory.

However, the Shijiazhuang factory definitely does not have the piston rings used in the 50 engine, because this thing is only produced by the Jialing factory. It is impossible for them to travel all the way to Shijiazhuang to customize the piston rings.

This requires Shijiazhuang to make new molds, and when they don’t know the scale of the products, they may not be able to make them for them.

"Master Luo, it seems we have to go to Shijiazhuang."

Wan Feng decided to go to Shijiazhuang in person with Master Luo. This was the time for him to take action. When he had money, he had to show the power of money. By the way, he wanted to go to Qindao to handle some private matters.

The motorcycle engine was temporarily put aside. Wan Feng pushed Luan Feng's motorcycle over. A technician took over the motorcycle and replaced the front wheel.

"How are the 1105 and 1115 engines doing now?" Wan Feng asked about the two single-cylinder diesel engines with 18 and 25 horsepower.

"It has fully passed the national inspection, but we don't know what it is used for now, so we only produced a small amount and then put it into technical storage," Xiao Dexiang explained.

"No rush. Let me think about what to do with them. Once we succeed in researching the motorcycle engine, our next step will be to research the four-cylinder engine."

Of course, those two single-cylinder high-horsepower diesel engines are used on large-tonnage agricultural tricycles.

However, if this type of agricultural three-wheeled vehicle is put into production, it will inevitably have an impact on four-wheeled vehicles. The four-wheeled vehicles in the machinery factory are currently in short supply, and there is no need to put large-tonnage three-wheeled vehicles into production for the time being.

Let’s build up technical reserves for two years first.

Anyway, those people in Dongshan Province with five-star power still don’t know where the tornado is coming from.

"We've been researching the working principle diagram you drew. We've already cast the machine body and purchased all the spare parts we can. We plan to produce the parts that aren't for sale ourselves, and we've already stockpiled most of them."

Wan Feng was once again shocked by these people's enthusiasm for work.

How could these people be working on a four-cylinder diesel engine at the same time as they were working on the 50 engine?

Is this the spirit of serving the RMB... and the people wholeheartedly?

At this moment, Wan Feng suddenly felt that it was time for his mother to go find her second aunt's brother, and it was time to process the matter back.

He is inspired by the working environment and people's enthusiasm for work here.

If he hadn't been thinking about the Russian talents and some technologies he wanted to obtain, he would have wanted to come back now.

This is a place where people can do something.

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