Sentences with phrase «geared transmissions avoid»

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In most cars, if the engine is being over taxed in a lower driver selected gear, the transmission will force shift into the higher gears to avoid damage.

«If you want to pull away quickly, you'd better really push the accelerator because there's lots of turbo lag and the transmission likes to avoid first gear,» Blackwell explains.

Good answer, also think about racing cars moving to «auto» transmissions - when they were manual the time for a gar change meant that the wheels were not getting power - even a 1 second gear change with 2000 gear changes a race meant 2000 seconds of no power - these CVT etc avoid this...

Marvellous insightful interview with 1988 Le Mans winner, Andy Wallace, who nonchalantly describes drifting at 250mph and avoiding third gear because of the transmission vibrations, which was later diagnosed as a broken gearbox shaft.

With stepless shifting of gear ratios, the CVT can avoid the shift - shock and deliver smooth driving, making it an exceptional transmission solution.

The new transmission, a five - speed produced by Jatco Transtechnology Ltd., features a slope control system that avoids unnecessary shift changes during a hill climb by holding the transmission in fourth gear rather than shifting down.

The transmission avoids the dreaded «hunting» between gears, but the shifts are occasionally a bit abrupt.

The CR - V CVT is designed to provide the optimum gear ratio for the driving conditions and to offer a more natural driving feel than some previous CVT transmissions that have a disconnected «rubber - band» feel compared to a conventional automatic transmission; the CR - V also offers stronger acceleration response with a linear build in engine rpm that avoids much of the «slipping» feeling some drivers notice with other CVTs.

In designing a new Direct Shift automatic transmission for the LC 500, Lexus sought to avoid the drawbacks of systems where driving pleasure is diminished by the wider spacing of the higher gears, often producing an unappealing, drawn - out engine sound.

This will avoid fuel economy problems due to worn spark plugs, dragging brakes, low transmission fluid, or the transmission failing to go into high gear.

Very aggressive turbocharging and a slick six - speed manual transmission make for very linear acceleration, revving so quickly that you have to be quick on the gears to avoid redline.

The 5 - speed electronically controlled automatic transmission features Grade Logic Control to help maintain the most appropriate gear when going uphill or downhill to avoid gear «hunting.»

The Sport Hybrid's Integrated Dynamics System adds another driver - selectable mode, Sport +, which puts the transmission into first gear and makes maximum battery power available for the best launch performance, and avoids electric - only driving.

[16] In order to avoid the serious levels of power loss then typical in small - engined cars with automatic transmission the manufacturers incorporated a new carburettor and a higher compression ratio in the new 1965 automatic transmission cars: indeed a press report of the time found very little power loss in the automatic 1100, though the same report expressed the suspicion that this might in part reflect the unusually high level of power loss resulting from the way in which the installation of the transversely mounted «normal» manual gear box had been engineered.

That is, when choosing a car, you may prefer manual transmission cars because of their great ability to avoid automatic gear shifting necessary in city driving.