by Ashlie Minamida » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:36 pm
Ordering a replacement engine sems like a waste of time, but building one from scratch takes a lot of unique molds and materials. Maybe just upgrading this one might do. Ashlie starts taking apart the engine, pulling out pistons and crankshafts and such. She discards half of the things she pulls out, taking measurements and setting the 3D-printers in the other room to work. It takes a while but eventually she's replaced all the pistons, increased the engine volume by 20% and settled a much more efficient air-intake on top of the engine-block.
"Will, would you mind if I optimized the computer's setting? It's not as tight as it could be but I won't inject new code into you without asking for permission." she asks as she works on placing the overhauled engine back into the car.