In fact, many high-end car models had a chassis height adjustment function. They could adjust the height through an independent air suspension system.
However, their elevation range was very limited. Most of them were between five to fifteen centimeters. The effect was not very obvious. Therefore, in actual use, it was not very practical. It was more of a gimmick than anything else.
However, the lifting device designed by Chen Mo was different. The suspension system of this bulletproof off-road vehicle originally used a multi-link independent suspension system. This kind of suspension design had a lot of freedom.
Through the restriction angle design of the connection points, the suspension could actively adjust the wheel positioning during compression. It could be completely matched and adjusted according to the car model. It maximized the grip of the tires and increased the control limit of the vehicle.
When driving, it could effectively control the camber angle of the wheels. Its performance in terms of comfort and control was excellent. There was also a lot of room for adjustment and modification.
This made it very convenient for Chen Mo to make improvements. Chen Mo combined the suspension system and deformation system of the Batmobile to make improvements to the multi-link independent suspension system. While ensuring enough strength and stability, he increased the adjustment range of the wheels. He directly merged the independent chassis lifting system and independent suspension system of other car models.
Through clever design, the structure of this upgraded independent suspension system was not particularly complicated. While it had strong shock absorption, wheel adjustment, and chassis lifting functions, the simple structure also made the strength, stability, and reliability of this system very strong.
The height adjustment range of the four tires was much greater than other high-end car models with height adjustment functions. The role it could play was also incomparable to other car models.
Through the adjustment of the wheel position, the minimum height of the chassis could be lowered to 10 centimeters to ensure maximum stability and a higher speed. The maximum height could be raised to 50 centimeters, which was higher than the chassis of the general military off-road vehicles and armored vehicles. Only a few extreme off-road vehicles that had been specially modified could be comparable to it. The off-road ability was extremely strong, and various complicated terrains and obstacles could be easily crossed. The passing ability was incomparably strong.
Other than the major changes to the suspension system, there were also some changes to the other systems, but the changes were not big. Moreover, Chen Mo had already finished modifying the main parts. The R&D and Design departments only needed to make slight adjustments according to Chen Mo's modifications and refine some parts. The overall changes were not big, and the workload was not much, so it would not take too long.
Chen Mo asked them to complete the task within three days. It seemed like time was tight, but Chen Mo knew that it was not that difficult. It was just that they would be very busy.
Chen Mo sent the preliminary design drawings to the R&D and Design Department. They quickly adjusted the relevant details according to Chen Mo's modifications, such as the size of the parts, the specifications of the parts, and so on.
The specific modifications to the suspension system, components, and other parts were completed by the corresponding teams in the R&D department. The design department, which was mainly responsible for the exterior of the car, interior, and other parts, also received a revised blueprint from Chen Mo.
In fact, if a car was simply divided, it could be directly divided into two parts: the body and the chassis.
The most important core part of the entire car, the main functional systems were all on the chassis, including the engine, clutch, steering wheel, fuel tank, and other transmission, driving, steering, braking, and electrical control systems.
In fact, even without the body, the assembled chassis could be driven normally. In the testing phase of the car production, it was common to see cars without the body shell, driven by the testers, driving in the test field like a fully convertible car.
If the chassis was the body of the car, the core of the car's driving operation, then the body shell was its clothes and armor, which played the role of beauty and protection.
Although the car could be driven naked, it was definitely not as comfortable and safe as wearing clothes and armor.
The body of the bulletproof car was even more like heavy armor, providing more powerful protection to the car's engine and other systems, as well as the passengers in the car.
However, the blueprints that Chen Mo had sent to the design department had removed this important layer of heavy armour!
In the blueprint, Chen Mo did not change the original body frame, but the bulletproof body armor, ceramics, special alloys, and bulletproof composite materials were all removed. Only the bulletproof glass was retained, and the entire body shell was replaced with a 3mm thick steel plate.
Although it was much thicker than the 0.8 to 1.2 mm thickness of ordinary cars, it was definitely not as thick as the original bulletproof armor, not to mention the built-in ceramics, special alloys, and other bulletproof materials.
It was impossible to expect such a 3mm thick steel plate to be bulletproof. At most, it was only a little stronger than ordinary off-road vehicles, and could withstand the shots of small caliber pistols. It definitely could not withstand the shots of large caliber pistols and rifles, not to mention attacks such as grenades and bombs. This kind of defensive performance could not be called a bulletproof car at all.
Could it be that their new boss intended to change his previous position and not enter the bulletproof car field?
It was not impossible. After the boss's improved version of the new engine was manufactured and installed on the prototype car, many of them curiously went to the test site to watch the test, and the powerful power was still fresh in their minds. If the heavy bulletproof armor was removed and replaced with this 3mm thick ordinary shell, the weight of the car would be reduced by a lot, and the performance of this off-road vehicle would be more powerful. It was not impossible for its acceleration ability to surpass that of a sports car.
Powerful off-road ability, super acceleration, and extreme speed at the same time, it might be more popular than a bulletproof car.
However, if the boss really had such a plan, why did he keep the 3mm thick steel plate? Couldn't he just use a conventional 1mm or even 0.8mm thick steel plate? The extra steel plate that was more than twice the weight was three to four hundred kilograms. If he pursued speed, it would also have a big impact.
Such a layer of steel plate that could only resist small-caliber pistols would not be of much use even if he wanted to continue to make the car bulletproof. It was impossible to take care of all three aspects. It was better to simply abandon the concept of bulletproof and focus on off-road and speed.
Although they did not understand, they quickly modified the car according to Chen Mo's drawings and requirements. In contrast, their work was easier.
Chen Mo was very satisfied with the appearance of the car body they designed and did not make too many changes. Therefore, they only needed to remove the bulletproof armor structure and modify some parameters of the car body. The modification speed was very fast, and it was completed on time in three days.
Three days later, the modification work of the entire car model was completed. The integration and adjustment of the production line was also completed, and it could be put into production at any time.
The original modification workshop had also been installed with new smelting, forging, casting, and processing equipment. It would be used as the engine production center, responsible for the production of the new engine.
However, the production of the engine was not the entire work of this workshop. This could be seen from the layout of the workshop.
At the end of the huge workshop, there was a row of huge vacuum arc smelting furnaces. This kind of equipment could smelt a variety of high-melting metals under vacuum conditions, and it was usually used in the production of special alloys.
The engine block and piston were made of high-strength aluminum alloy, while the crankshaft was made of alloy steel. Taylor Motor Company had never mass-produced an engine before. The aluminum alloy and steel alloy used by the engine R&D team were all directly purchased from the outside and recast. Therefore, they did not have the formula for high-strength aluminum alloy and steel alloy used for the engine.
However, this was not a problem for Chen Mo. The technical reserves he brought with him from the Hydra were very comprehensive. The formulas for a few kinds of engine alloys were not worth mentioning at all. In the row of vacuum arc smelting furnaces neatly arranged, two of them were specially used to produce aluminum alloy for the engine and steel alloy for the crankshaft.
All kinds of raw materials were added to the furnace according to a certain ratio to be smelted. In the vacuum environment, these metal raw materials were quickly melted under the high-temperature arc formed by the discharge between the electrodes. The various metal elements blended with each other and merged into one.
The fully melted and combined liquid alloy was then injected into a pressed mold. After the mold gradually cooled, the preliminary cast cylinder and crankshaft would enter the next process, which was rough machining and precision machining by a CNC machine.
This engine production line consisted of many pieces of equipment, from the initial alloy smelting, casting, processing, and finally assembly of the engine. It only occupied half of the space of this huge workshop. On the other side, there were also two vacuum arc smelting furnaces, but the production line included more large-scale machinery, producing steel plates of different shapes and sizes.
This was the production line for the car shell. After several processes, the molten golden-red molten metal was directly pressed into a three-millimeter thick homogeneous steel plate by a rolling mill. After cutting, stamping, welding, assembly, and other processes, it became a sturdy, silver-colored car shell with a smooth arc. The skeleton, ceiling, door, engine cover, trunk cover, and other parts of the car were all made of this kind of steel plate.
However, this kind of steel plate was not ordinary. Otherwise, Chen Mo could have just bought ready-made steel plates like other car companies. There was no need to smelt and produce steel plates from scratch.
Just as the design department had guessed, after Chen Mo improved the engine, he saw the potential of this car in terms of speed. He intended to maximize the speed and acceleration performance of this car.
However, he did not intend to give up on the bulletproof function and instead pursue off-road and speed. Instead, he planned to combine off-road, speed, and bulletproof at the same time to fully stimulate the potential of this car and maximize its competitiveness.
There was no problem with off-road, but to increase the speed and acceleration performance, he had to reduce the weight of the car. It seemed impossible to reduce the weight of the car while ensuring the bulletproof performance, but for Chen Mo, it was a piece of cake.
Not to mention the powerful performance invented by Dr. Mark Lane, which was second only to Eidmann alloy, and the alpha alloy could be made with conventional materials without the need for vibranium. Just based on the scientific data Chen Mo brought from Hydra, there were many formulas for high-strength special alloys.
After Chen Mo compared several of the strongest alloys in the world, he chose the one currently produced from the numerous special alloys in the database.
Compared to the expensive titanium alloys and other superalloys, this Hydra H-2 special alloy not only had stronger defensive capabilities, it was also lighter, and the cost was much lower than those superalloys. Although it also contained a lot of expensive metals, the amount was very small, so the average cost was not high.
This three-millimeter thick special alloy steel plate was not much heavier than the shell of an ordinary car. The weight of the whole car was less than 100 kilograms heavier than the weight of ordinary steel plates, which was equivalent to carrying one or two more people. It did not have much impact on the acceleration performance and extreme speed of the car.
In terms of defense, it was comparable to the original body armor that weighed more than a ton, or even more.
Although this special alloy steel plate was only three millimeters thick, it was very strong. An ordinary pistol bullet could not even leave a deep mark on it, and a conventional automatic rifle bullet could only slightly dent the steel plate, but could not penetrate it at all. Even if it was subjected to continuous high-intensity attacks, it could still maintain a strong and durable defense.
Unlike ordinary bulletproof cars, if the same area was continuously attacked multiple times, the bulletproof armor or ceramic plates would shatter, and the defense would not be guaranteed. It would be very easy for the subsequent attacks to break through the defense and cause damage to the people inside the car.
Therefore, although there was not much difference in the power of the strongest attack that they could withstand, in actual use, the actual performance and durability of the H-2 special alloy steel plate were far superior to the bulletproof multi-layered armor of ordinary bulletproof cars.
This was of great significance to the safety of the people inside the car.
This was because the purpose of the bulletproof car itself was to be able to withstand the attack for a certain period of time in the event of an emergency, ensure the safety of the people inside the car, and quickly evacuate from the dangerous area.
The time between the attack and the successful evacuation determined the life and death of the people inside the car!
If the attacker's firepower was very strong, such as an automatic rifle or other high-power weapon with a high firing rate, even if the armor of an ordinary bulletproof car could withstand the initial attack, it was likely to be broken through by the subsequent continuous attacks. The time that could be used to evacuate and escape was very short.
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