Autumn famous mountain bike god is reborn

"is it okay?"

Takahashi Ryosuke seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then politely asked, "How can Takumi help me?"

"Ah." Fujiwara Takumi looked at him in bewilderment, gestured calmly with his hands, and introduced himself solemnly: "Whether it's helping to take off the shirt and pants, or putting on the racing suit, I can help."

He was used to it a long time ago, and he can definitely be called agile.

"Although I am very grateful for your kindness," Ryosuke Takahashi was silent for a moment before he said helplessly, "But it shouldn't be necessary."

It's just that when the person I like suddenly changes clothes in front of me without any precaution...

No matter how calm and steady a person is, it is impossible for him to remain unresponsive.

"Ah, okay."

Although he was rejected, Fujiwara Takumi didn't care.

After changing into the racing suit, it was like he had fully turned on his professional status, and his thoughts had completely flown to the car to be tested later.

He sat on the bench with an obedient and obedient face, his legs stretched side by side, staring at Mr. Ryosuke openly, while thinking about what kind of car it would be.

And being watched by such pure and natural eyes, Takahashi Ryosuke hesitated for a rare moment, and then started to move without haste.

He has never had the experience of changing clothes in the sight of others, even in the sight of someone he likes.

... really lost to him.

Takumi Fujiwara, who used to occasionally help the navigator with his temporary partner to check the outfit, didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it.

After Mr. Ryosuke put on all the equipment, he felt that he was almost done, and he naturally approached him, trying to help check the details on the back that he might not be able to see.

When he stretched out his hand and was about to check the concealed buttons on the back of the opponent's waist by groping, he didn't want to just touch the layer of clothing when someone grabbed his wrist neatly.

"Eh?"

Fujiwara Takumi raised his eyes in puzzlement, and met the dark blue eyes that were already showing helplessness.

Takahashi Ryosuke held the wrist of this unusually slow but bold rabbit.

After getting a position far away from him, he slowly let go, and said in a low voice, "I've already checked... no, thank you."

"Oh."

Fujiwara Takumi, who was rejected again, finally showed a little pity in his eyes.

The two wearing full equipment were led to a garage by the staff.

"It's actually EVOIV."

Takumi Fujiwara, who had just competed with Keiichi Sudo's EVOIII, unexpectedly came into contact with the Lancer car series again.

"The team has already seen you run in FR and FF through the video tape." Takahashi Ryosuke smiled slightly: "The most curious thing now is how much power you can run in 4WD."

Fujiwara Takumi nodded in understanding.

After checking the wear on the tires, he did a quick check of the coolant, oil, brake fluid and fluid levels.

In order to ensure that the tire bolts are tight enough, I specially used a torque wrench to twist around the car for a week.

Since it is a composite track made of temporary combinations using different tracks within the team, it is impossible to have the road book issued by the organizer like the one at Dongtangju track.

Of course, it can also be seen as a test of the navigator's strength.

On an unfamiliar track, surveying the road with the driver and making road books are necessary skills for the navigator.

On a normal race day, there are three 10-minute qualifying sessions, plus around ten laps.

There are no other vehicles on the track, which is enough to prove that the Fuji Rapid Road team made a special trip to clear the track in order to examine Fujiwara Takumi's driving skills.

The so-called "random running" should refer to the remaining 10 laps after the first three [-] minutes of qualifying are removed.

"I ran with [-]% of my strength for the first lap." Fujiwara Takumi quickly made a decision, and asked in a deliberative tone: "Mr. Ryosuke, how many laps do you need to complete the road book?"

On an unfamiliar track, driving a car for the first time, it is impossible for even the craziest driver to gallop at full speed from the start.

And it will take at least a few laps to adapt to the environment until it slowly enters the state.

Fujiwara Takumi does have rich experience and superb driving skills, but it will only shorten this process, and it is impossible to skip it arrogantly.

"One lap is enough." Takahashi Ryosuke said with a smile, "Every corner I pass, I will report the speed."

"Okay." Fujiwara Takumi responded quickly: "I should be able to remember the approximate distance between bends and bends once I have run it. But I need to trouble Mr. Ryosuke to confirm the speed of bends and the slope of the road. The distribution of straight and curved roads."

The two chatted in a relaxed manner while methodically confirming the status of the instruments in the car.

After the car video was turned on, Takumi Fujiwara and Ryosuke Takahashi looked at each other for the last time, and put on the fire mask and helmet tacitly at the same time.

"Mr. Ryosuke, can you hear me?"

Probably having learned the lesson of being teased last time, this time Fujiwara Takumi couldn't help but take the first step to confirm the condition of the built-in headset as soon as he put on the helmet.

After a brief pause of a second, a deep voice with a faint smile came clearly from the other side: "Well, I can hear it very clearly."

Sure enough, as long as you speak earlier, you won't be teased.

Fujiwara Takumi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pretending to be calm and said: "That's good."

He lowered his eyes slightly, put his left hand on the shift lever, and held the steering wheel with moderate strength with his right hand.

The body is tightly bound by the six-point safety belt, but the arms have enough room for movement, and the body is in a relatively relaxed state.

"That……"

After completing the final confirmation process, when Fujiwara Takumi raised his eyes again, his eyes looking directly at the road ahead suddenly became sharp and focused: "It's started."

——"EVOIV is out."

When the white EVOIV left the garage and smoothly cut into the track, someone in the conference room couldn't help but make a sound.

This seemingly randomly delineated track with only 18km field has as many as 38 corners, and most of them are low-speed corners suitable for 4WD.

There are more cameras all over the way, and there are no dead spots to be missed. The test run scene can be completely recorded and instantly reflected back to the screen in the headquarters conference room.

EVOIV has a 2-liter DOHC turbocharged 4G63 engine, with a time-shifted ignition system, which can easily eliminate the defect of turbo lag and output 280 horsepower stably.

Such horsepower alone is of course not enough to make people amazing, but due to the design of the reverse engine, the once complicated and tortuous intake duct has been simplified and turned into a smooth straight-line intake method.The matching oil, engine water, and power steering oil coolers are also larger than those on the old EVO.Coupled with the modification of cams, metal cylinder gaskets, and forged pistons, as long as the valve and ignition timing are adjusted properly, it can perform well in low- and medium-speed corners while maintaining agility in high-speed corners. A super tank specially designed for excellent performance in WRC.

Under the gaze of the people in the conference room, a bright flame suddenly burst out from the exhaust pipe of EVOIV, and then the car body speeded up suddenly, and disappeared in the first camera in an instant.

"Is this really the first time he's started EVOIV?"

Someone said in astonishment.

At the end of the straight road connecting the garage and the starting point of the official track, there is a medium-speed corner slightly less than ninety degrees.

The sharpness of the bend itself is not a big deal, but the inclination and the two completely different road materials must not be used as a joke.

Usually, even the first team will not suddenly speed up when passing through this seemingly inconspicuous but extremely dangerous situation when they enter the training ground.

One is because there are too many uncontrollable factors, and the other is that it has not officially entered the track, and it will not be counted in the built-in timer of the car at all, so there is no need to grab that little time.

But the action of EVOIV can make people see at a glance that it is definitely not a reckless move made by a novice who is too impatient.

The acceleration seems violent, but when turning into a corner at high speed, the lines are miraculously smooth.

It seems very simple, but if you really experience the gap between two different road surfaces and sudden gradients, you will experience the real difficulty of this understated action.

"Is it a coincidence?"

The person who murmured these words had a guess in his heart.

And the subsequent performance of EVOIV also fully confirmed that the driver is indeed capable of doing things with ease - even as he promised in the first 'interview', he will indeed "run according to this guy's temper" .

Among the people in the conference room watching the screen with bated breath, there were those who quickly and keenly noticed this.

He suppressed the shock in his heart and whispered: "Am I dazzled? The sliding angle he made the tires seem to be at exactly 15 degrees every time!"

The so-called sliding angle refers to the angle between the direction of the car and the direction of the wheels.When the tire touches the ground, it twists and deforms with the increase of this angle, and changes direction to increase the grip.

The best sliding angle in common sense is generally between 5 and 20 degrees, and the specific value depends not only on the model and speed of the vehicle, but also on the material of the tire.

Once the sliding angle is increased, the lateral force will also increase, which means that corners can be cornered at a higher speed.

But once the tolerable limit is exceeded, the tread that has been twisted to the extreme will instantly spring back to its original position, which also means a sudden loss of grip, and the entire body will suddenly slip into a slippery state.

Even if a skilled driver encounters such a situation, he will not panic blindly, but will rely on the advantages of four-wheel drive to control the sliding car.

After the tread rubs against the ground violently and the speed is reduced to a certain level, the tread will even return to the limit of the previous sliding angle again, allowing the grip to recover.

But in any case, for 4WD, such a slip almost 100% means a loss in speed.

Even if the rescue is timely, it is still a small mistake of the driver.

The technicians in the team only changed the tires for the EVOIV that Fujiwara Takumi was testing in the morning.

In the submitted report, it clearly pointed out that the optimal sliding angle of this type of tire estimated by the PI system should be around 15 degrees theoretically.

Even the best players in the first team of the Fuji Rapid Road Team can only control the deviation of the best sliding angle within 3-4 degrees in the best condition.

But Fujiwara Takumi...

After being reminded by that person, many people began to deliberately observe the tire track of EVO driving faster and faster on the track.

Although the PI data has not yet been sent back, with their eyesight, it is enough to see some scalp-numbing details.

The angle deviation of the four wheels of EVOIV's extreme speed is probably only within 1-3 degrees.

It can be seen from the superb operation of that smooth flow of water that it never exceeds the limit of tire grip.

"Is that really something a driver can do?"

Someone sighed softly.

If Fujiwara Takumi were to answer, his answer would be yes.

At the moment when the grip reaches the critical value, if the driver's right hand on the steering wheel is sensitive enough, he should be able to feel the subtle reaction force and understand the reaction of the front wheel; and if he is close to the waist of the seat, he can capture the friction of the rear wheel ground response.

If you can fully mobilize the senses of the whole body, over time, you may even develop an instinct-like conditioned reflex, and you will be able to measure the remaining grip of the tire more sensitively and accurately than any measuring machine.

And unceremoniously, make the most of it before the tread revolts.

In the past, Fujiwara Takumi, only in the AE86 room with whom he was very familiar, could have such a precise and delicate experience of controlling his own siblings.

But after accumulating a wealth of experience in driving various models and participating in countless races, large and small, although it is not 100% fit, it is enough to control the error rate to an amazingly small range.

In the first lap, EVOIV obviously retained at least [-]% of its strength and adopted the safest running method.

After having a certain grasp of the road surface, vehicle conditions and route, with the help of the navigator Mr. Ryosuke, he began to try to push the speed of the turbo engine to the limit position at all times, and push the speed of the corner to the highest step by step.

From the third lap, this top racing driver who once had a dazzling place on the world stage began to control the car at the limit in an understatement way, gradually showing his true strength.

Unlike when driving the FF EK-9, in order to adapt to the characteristics of 4WD, Fujiwara Takumi, who has rich experience and experience with different types of cars, basically adopts more efficient grips except for rare high-speed corners. Ground running method.

Enter the bend at the most concise angle, and pass the apex through the superb shifting technique of the center of gravity.

At the moment when it is aligned with the best route, step on the accelerator pedal decisively to exit the corner, and give full play to the powerful reacceleration performance of EVOIV.

"It's incredible."

President Hojo, who had been silent all this time, clenched his fists hard to hide his excitement after Fujiwara Takumi ran the fourth lap, and his nails sank deep into the palm of his hand.

Even people who do not have the qualifications of racing drivers and only have a rough knowledge of relevant knowledge know how precise the control of the center of gravity movement is required for a car to be in a true limit state in corners.

Even a slight change in the steering angle, centrifugal force or shift of the center of gravity will make it break through the subtle limit, and the perfect balance will be destroyed by a larger external friction angle.

However, Takumi Fujiwara seems to control this harsh extreme balance state effortlessly, allowing it to shift in the way he wants and can be fully predicted, assisting him to corner at a higher speed.

——That is the outstanding courage that only the world's top champion drivers can show, and only the kind of running style with unimaginable neat beauty is destined to fascinate the audience.

Fujiwara Takumi will definitely be a superstar who can hit the stage of all Japan, no, even the whole world.

This kind of miraculous driving technology is in front of you, and some voices of doubt when watching the EK-9 test drive video before have completely disappeared.

"Get someone to talk to him."

President Kitahara stared at the screen intently, as if he could clearly feel the flow of adrenaline in his body.

Let his eyes show an unprecedented infatuation, and he is reluctant to take his eyes away from it.

It was also at this time that he made up his mind completely, and said in a deep voice, "No matter what the condition is, as long as he is willing to let go... I am willing to consider it."

If such a top driver turned around and walked away in front of his eyes, it would definitely be a serious crime that would make God look down on him and punish him.

The author has something to say:

Information about EVOIV comes from Official Official Books 1 and 2!

The description of the sliding angle comes from the previous "Advanced Driving Techniques" and "Track Day"

The instructions on using the body to sense the grip + the steering wheel to sense the reaction force come from the words of Nakazato and Keisuke Takahashi in the original manga