It's an incredible challenge and an unprecedented contest. In the past few days, the news that Dongfeng Peugeot 508L is preparing for the "ceiling" of the PK supercar has aroused the attention of a large number of netizens and has become a hot topic in the automotive circle. The reason for the crowd was that after the recruitment of the "Peak Renovation Plan", a Dongfeng Peugeot 508L owner excitedly joined the plan, looking forward to stimulating the potential of the car through the transformation, making it the strongest 508L on the surface, and even letting ta challenge the Ferrari 488 on the track.
How can you help the owner build a mid-size sedan into a track weapon to PK the lap speed of the supercar? What kind of difficulties and surprises are behind this?
Family car challenge supercar "ceiling" out of reach?
The Ferrari 488 can be crowned as the "ceiling" of supercars, which is not a waste of time, and it is difficult to beat it on the tracks it does best.
Dongfeng Peugeot 508L is equipped with a 1.8T engine with a maximum horsepower of 211 horses, matching the Aisin 8AT transmission, which has more advantages in power performance than the same class, but the opponent selected by the "Peak Transformation Plan" is a supercar with 670 horsepower. No one had made such a comparison before this, and the fact of the performance gap made the modification team say bluntly: "It is really difficult to say how many odds there are now." But for the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L, it is definitely not out of reach.
How can the champion buff not be surprised?
There are challenges, and naturally there are opportunities. Especially for a brand like Peugeot, the legend of the peak track for more than 120 years, so that the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L has brought its own champion buff from birth, how can it be less surprising? In the "bottom test" of the vehicle in the original factory state, the modification team found the outstanding advantages of Dongfeng Peugeot 508L with high driving control ceiling, large modification potential and high playability.
Surprise one: The cross-level driving control configuration, the track performance exceeded expectations
In fact, the test riders have long heard of the driving control of the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L, after all, the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L has become the fastest B-class car in the Pegasus Lap List at the Shanghai Tianma Circuit shortly after winning the "Auto Winter Olympics" CCPC 2021 China Ice and Snow Challenge Sedan Group Comprehensive Championship. However, even with such psychological preparation, it was still amazed by the performance of the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L with a track performance that exceeded expectations.
The chassis suspension, personally adjusted by the CLDR master team, made the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L more adaptable to the performance of the track, and ran an excellent performance of 1 minute 01.06 seconds at the Beijing Kaixue Circuit. You know, this is much faster than the 1 minute and 05 second lap performance that can only be run by higher-level models. China GT champion driver Wang Tao commented through the comparison: "Dongfeng Peugeot 508L is not slow at all in the corners, almost the same as those supercars."
This stems from the fact that the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L adopts a rear five-link independent suspension comparable to the luxury mid-to-high-end sports car, which makes the vehicle more compact and the driving stability better; the only AMVAR variable independent suspension in the same level meets the needs of handling and comfort in different road conditions by adjusting the damping size of the shock absorber, so that the extreme speed cornering in the track scene can also be relaxed; at the same time, the racing-style small steering wheel is light and dexterous, and the racer can accurately control the route.
The cross-level driving control configuration brings more driving control performance than expected for the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L, and also fully reflects the advantages of dongfeng Peugeot 508L's modification potential and high playability. This was a big surprise for the tuning team, adding a lot of confidence to complete the challenge.
Surprise two: the track champion gene provides "problem solving" ideas
What is even more surprising is that Peugeot's more than 120 years of track champion genes have provided ideas for this vehicle modification. Peugeot, a car brand with racing blood flowing through it: In the 1990s, peugeot 205 Turbo 16 and 206 WRC won the annual championship five times, and at the Dakar Rally, known as the toughest car race, Peugeot reached the top seven times. At the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Peugeot 905 and 908 cars were proud of the crowd three times...
This year, Peugeot returned to the track with a new 9X8 to start a new journey. Why not dig out the racing genes of the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L? Instead of following the street car transformation, it is better to directly create an ultimate racing car!
The peak transformation has begun, and the good drama is still to come!
Therefore, the modification team that found the "solution to the problem" determined the modification plan of the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L: on the basis of the conventional modification of tires, wheels, brakes, shock absorbers, seats, etc., the ultimate lightweight and extreme performance modification was carried out.
With difficulties and surprises, the peak transformation plan is already in progress. Facing the supercar "ceiling" Ferrari 488, the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L with the champion buff is obviously prepared. Although more details of this peak transformation are still unknown, it is certain that this peak transformation plan is by no means empty, and is expected to become the beginning of the Dongfeng Peugeot modification circle play. More exciting, or let's look forward to it together~