Daiki Automotive/Crescendo

[Urbanliner]

Company ID: #2014331

Daiki Automotive is an automotive company in Japan, always striving to create cars that are fun by one way or another.

It was established in 1950 in order to develop cars for people after the WWII ended, producing its first car, Runner, in 1952. Various cars were made from it, and eventually the company started exporting its cars.

The Crescendo brand was made in 2001 in order to sell more high-end luxury cars since Daiki was mostly dedicated to making less expensive cars, thus making the main brand seem more like a everyday car manufacturer rather than a luxury car manufacturer.

1952 Daiki Runner (Offroad-capable luxury car, Crossplane V8):

[Microwave]

Bit bland. What engine does it have? Post some specs!

[Urbanliner]

Bit bland. What engine does it have? Post some specs!

Thanks for the feedback!
Engine spec:


Added garnishes:

[Cheeseman]

Engine isn't fully optimized as it is only sitting at 91.4 RON so I can only assume you are using 95 RON fuel. Bring up the compression for an extra few ponies and better efficiency

[Microwave]

Post more info I'd like to see what fuel system it's running and such.

[Urbanliner]

Thanks for the feedback.
This car runs Regular Leaded fuel (92 RON).

Bottom End parts:
Cast iron block, cast iron crank, cast conrod and cast piston. 86mm Bore and Stroke

Top End parts:
Push rod head and valve, cast iron head, 8.2:1 compression, 60 cam profile and no VVT or VVL

Turbocharger parts:
None

Fuel System parts:
2 barreled triple carburettor, standard intake, 13.3:1 mixture, 60 ignition timing and 4500 redline (as seen in the pic)

Exhaust parts:
Tublar header, dual exhaust without muffler bypass, 1.75 exhaust diameter, no converter and two reverse flow mufflers.

[Cheeseman]

Silly me, why did I think they had 95 RON unleaded back in the '50s *derp*

Still, you should be able to eke a little bit more out of the engine therefore optimizing it a bit further. Otherwise, the engine sounds good

[gt1cooper]

Yes indeed, bump up that compression by one notch if you care more about economy, or bump up the timing around 5 times (whenever you get to 92) if you care more about power. Both will help both economy and power though!

[Microwave]

Wait... It's a V8? That thing is seriously lacking power.

[oppositelock]

Wait... It's a V8? That thing is seriously lacking power.

182 hp is pretty good for 1952.

[Microwave]

Wait... It's a V8? That thing is seriously lacking power.

182 hp is pretty good for 1952.

Oh, shit, I thought KW was higher than HP when you converted them, I suppose that's not bad.

[Urbanliner]

Yes indeed, bump up that compression by one notch if you care more about economy, or bump up the timing around 5 times (whenever you get to 92) if you care more about power. Both will help both economy and power though!

Thanks! I tried the compression method, and the power sightly increased.

60's car will be posted here when I stop being lazy.

[Janekk]

I haven't really made any cars in 50s but tameness seems a bit low. I'd guess in large part it's because engine is too powerful for very small car body making whole thing hard to control. Just a guess though. Why don't you just post car file so we can look through it? Well unless it's hiding some company super-secrets .

[Urbanliner]

LEGACY VERSION CAR, SAME FOR JANEKK'S VERSION.

I haven't really made any cars in 50s but tameness seems a bit low. I'd guess in large part it's because engine is too powerful for very small car body making whole thing hard to control. Just a guess though. Why don't you just post car file so we can look through it? Well unless it's hiding some company super-secrets .

This is the link:
https://mega.co.nz/#!v8lX3YRA!43uECOUmkRaOfBhlRY73fRt87i8oUrQ_wfm8gcm9Msw
I'm still lazy, however.
EDIT: Actually, I'll wait until I get a feedback on the car file.

[Janekk]

You can attach these to forum posts, bit quicker and more convenient . I looked through your car and actually you did pretty good job all things considered. Problem is in 52 you simply can't get bigger wheels. You're burning rubber on 2nd gear, 182 HP is just too much for one pair of wheels to cope with. I made 1.4L 60 HP engine to show you difference, I haven't really changed anything other than gearbox, suspension (I mean car lost about 200 kg of weight) and I think pad type on front brakes. I gotta say though great use of vents as chrome strips, back-end on Runner looks fantastic.