With such short wheelbase, motorcycles can generate enough
torque at the rear wheel, and enough stopping force at the front wheel, to lift the opposite wheel off the road.
It combines a V - 6 engine with an integrated motor / generator, a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission, and an electric
motor at each rear wheel.
The AWD system uses an active twin - clutch differential
at the rear wheels for seamless, smart torque distribution, resulting in improved vehicle control and efficiency in any condition.
In the older cars that have
drums at the rear wheels, the brake shoes inside the rear drums act as the parking brake shoes.
On a dyno, which measures
horsepower at the rear wheels, not at the crankshaft, the editors at Hot Rod magazine were able to wring 620hp out of a Hellcat with an eight - speed automatic.
There's a devastating amount of
traction at the rear wheels as the weight of the engine squats down and fires the Turbo S forward with brutal force.
Vengeance posted the dyno numbers on the Corvette Forum and it shows the new super car putting out an amazing 585
hp at the rear wheels along with 617 lb - ft of torque.
You'll receive a before & after dyno graph report showing power and torque
measured at the rear wheels • Road testing (up to 200 miles) • Hennessey exterior badge (rear) • HPE1000 Powered by Hennessey badges (side & rear) • Hennessey HPE1000 serial numbered plaque signed by John Hennessey (interior) • Hennessey HPE1000 serial numbered plaque signed by the HPE technician who builds you car (engine bay) • Powered by Hennessey premium floor mats • 1 Year / 12,000 mile limited warranty.
The Lingenfelter Corvette features a hand built LS1, LS2 based 427 CID Gen II twin turbo engine cranking out over 600
HP at the rear wheels on 93 octane - unleaded fuel.
In critical conditions the Torque Vectoring Brakes produce a defined rotational movement of the vehicle about the vertical axis in fractions of seconds through selective brake
actuation at the rear wheel on the inside of the bend.
Available upgrades for Tahoe and Suburban RST include a Borla performance exhaust system that offers a 28 percent improvement in exhaust flow, for a 7 -10-horsepower
gain at the rear wheels.
Acura uses the Twin Motor
Unit at the rear wheels to enact torque vectoring, twisting the outside rear wheel in a turn harder than the inside wheel, and sometimes even applying negative torque to the inside wheel.
The sill line provides a similarly dynamic touch, running parallel to the road and then rising steeply
at the rear wheel arch, which is nicely echoed by the outlines of the side windows.
A select - low strategy controls the braking effort
at both rear wheels as soon as one nears lock up to safeguard lateral adhesion and to help avoid any tendency to spin or fishtail during hard braking.
Also available on the Regal TourX, Envision and LaCrosse, Buick's innovative new system uses two
clutches at the rear wheels for seamless, smart torque distribution.
The rear brakes play a much more minor part in bringing a vehicle to a stop; braking
at the rear wheels improves stability, particularly when cornering and braking, but as a result, the rear pads never really contact the disc very hard, so any oxidation that sets up isn't removed as effectively.
4x4 may also have an «automatic 4wd» feature which ties in the hubs to the differential, but won't apply power to the front unless there is
slippage at the rear wheels.
With an extra 140 horses being
thrown at the rear wheels, we fully expect the stability control light to shine whenever the P700 M5 isn't idling.
The ZF eight - speed automatic transmission with paddle shifting carries over, but the chassis is significantly upgraded: the steering is retuned for more precision and feel, and there's a bit less
camber at the rear wheels.
Because of the fixed gear ratio, that's not directly comparable to a gasoline engine's rating: at full throttle, the peak torque
available at the rear wheels of a V - 8 Porsche Panamera S is 7780 lb - ft in first gear; the Karma's peak is about half that, or 4022 lb - ft.
It might only have
80bhp at the rear wheel and 103 lb ft, but initial impressions suggest the 3 Wheeler is 70 per cent engine, 30 per cent everything else.
It's responsive for a turbo engine, too, with only a fractional delay between throttle applications and drive
arriving at the rear wheels.
The active part means that the torque distribution can be varied between the front and rear axles from 100
percent at the rear wheels to a 50/50 split.
A 2013 dyno test carried out by Paul's High Performance showed 596 peak horsepower and 592 lb - ft of torque
at the rear wheels running 16 psi of boost.
The Macca - already making a name for itself on the drag racing scene - relies on a 4 - liter twin - turbo V8 churning out 710 hp
aimed at the rear wheels via a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission.
However, from an engineering perspective it was rather conventional, using a 4 - cylinder all - iron overhead valve engine in 1250 or 1500 capacities driving a coil spring suspended live
axle at the rear wheels.
Electricity not only gives the MDX Sport Hybrid a boost, it also enables precise torque
vectoring at the rear wheels for excellent handling.
On racetrack corners much faster than the slalom we also tested on, you can feel the effects of the rear - wheel steering, the extra torque that's been
kept at the rear wheels when you decelerate and the weight of the V12 behind you; the S really wants to turn in — it's almost nervously keen to do so — and it's here you're most likely to overcook things and get a slide on.
During heavy acceleration, weight is shifted to the back, improving traction
at the rear wheels at the expense of the front driving wheels; consequently, most racing cars are rear - wheel drive for acceleration.
Even better, that suspension, with a multilink
architecture at the rear wheels, felt like an extremely good foundation for the upcoming Si and Type - R versions.
Things get magic in the turn as I feel the car rotate underneath me, helping me out with all - wheel - drive and a little added steering
angle at the rear wheels.
Sporting the same 5.0 L V8 from the outgoing IS F sedan in the body of the all - new RC coupe, essentially a Lexus IS coupe, the new RC F produces more than 450hp and 383 lb - ft of
twist at the rear wheels.
Also, it had less unsprung
weight at the rear wheels than the Hotchkiss drive, which would have had the weight of the driveshaft and differential to carry as well.
- Factory stereo is barely audible and will need at least stereo and speaker replacement to ever sound decent (may well need new wiring to speakers as well, not sure yet)- some rust issues (by the door sills and some underneath and
at rear wheel wells), no