Sentences with phrase «axle differential used»

A spur - gear stage replaces the shaft to the front - axle differential used on the previous model, providing advantages in terms of friction and space requirements.

Not exact matches

Both use a six - speed manual gearbox, though in the Peugeot Sport the ratios are closer for a more urgent feel, and there's a Torsen limited - slip differential at the front axle to the benefit of traction.

Mercedes» 4Matic is particularly sophisticated; it uses a fixed 45/55 percent torque split with open differentials at each axle, relying on electronic intervention and manipulation of the brakes to move the vehicle forward when a wheel starts slipping.

A limited - slip center differential directs torque between axles, and traction control sends power to the wheel that can best use it.

Engines laid out on the same side as the driven axle can reduce the number of couplings and joints like the driveshaft + universal joint and will use a transaxle which is basically a transmission and differential in one.

These axles uses pin - and - guiding blocks as link to the differential (housed together with the gear box), and a woodruf key in the conical - profile tip where the wheel hub gets secured.

Power delivery to the front axle is aided by new clutch material in the front differential that uses organic material for more precise torque transfer.

The limited - slip differential gives the car enormous traction away from bends, but with so much more torque than before you can manipulate the attitude of the rear axle using the throttle pedal more readily, particularly in damp conditions, which makes the car really engaging and rewarding.

Available only with a 3.73 axle, the GT Track Pack builds on the Brembo Brake Package and further upgrades the GT for track use, adding such goodies as an engine cooler, upgraded radiator, performance brake pads, and the Torsen differential from the Boss 302.

Used to limit the speed differences between two inputs on a differential or between two axles on a vehicle

The early models used a four - pin front differential with 3.727:1 axle gearing and 6.9 - inch ring gear in both axles.

The truck also continues to use solid axles front and rear that are equipped with electronic locking differentials, but for 2014, the front axle uses an axle disconnect system that is said to improve fuel economy by up to one mpg.

This setup uses an electronically controlled Haldex center differential to send up to 50 - percent of available torque to the rear axle on demand.

Toyota uses an A.D.D. (automatic disconnecting differential) for 4WD engagement (as with Tacoma and 4Runner), which operates much like the center axle disconnect found on the Ram but uses an electric motor in place of vacuum.

The full - time quattro 4WD system uses a mechanical Torsen centre differential to apportion torque between the front and rear axles.

The all - wheel - drive system uses differentials on both axles and in the center of the car, allowing a wide range of torque distribution to get power to the wheels that need it most.

Even in 4 - WD application, the use of 4 motors each powering a wheel, with limited - slip wet clutch for differential to allow one motor to power the vehicle during cruise, will be more advantageous than the use of only one motor per axle.

As much as this is a new car, though, the fundamental technical set - up isn't too far removed from the FK2 - generation Civic Type R that preceded it, insomuch as the power is produced by a 2.0 - litre turbocharged VTEC petrol engine, which is mounted transversely and mated to a six - speed manual gearbox that drives the front axle only, using a limited - slip differential to meter the power.

It used a double wishbone front suspension with leaf springs and a differential for the rear axle for the entire generation.

The vast majority of rear - wheel - drive vehicles use a longitudinally mounted engine in the front of the vehicle, driving the rear wheels via a driveshaft linked via a differential between the rear axles.

However, use those magic dash buttons to unlock the front anti-roll bar and lock both front and rear differentials and the Power Wagon goes further off road than any HD pickup on the same tires (and with few exceptions, any half - tons and mid-sizes, as well) thanks to generous axle articulation, squishy tires, excellent hill descent control and a frame and skid - plated components built to take it.

A chain - drive system uses one or more roller chains to transmit power from a differential to the rear axle.

The Torsen differential had already proved itself in the world of technology as a high - tech rear axle differential; Audi developed it further for use as a center differential.

According to the press text the system uses an «electromagnetic centre differential to distribute drive seamlessly between the front and rear axles».

To distribute the torque between front and rear axles, the Outback models with manual transmission use a viscous - type locking center differential, while the 4 - speed automatic models utilize an electronically controlled variable transfer clutch.

Torque vectoring and active differential systems are commonplace on many of today's performance models, but those both use mechanical forces that typically transfer power across an axle or by grabbing a brake in order to physically alter the vehicle's trajectory.

Unlike the VW, power is always pushed to the Ford's rear axle — 70 % of it — and it's from there, where there is an electronically controlled clutch pack each side of the rear differential, that electronics decide how much power the rear axle will use.

The base torque distribution is 60:40 front - to - rear, but this changes according to the needs of the moment [Ed: other Outback variants use the familiar Subaru three - differential system that distributes the torque equally between front and rear axles].

The Quattro system uses Audi's Torsen center differential, which pushes engine torque to the rear or front axle depending on which one needs it the most.

The model uses some of the technical upgrades of the AMG GT R, including active rear axle steering and an electronically controlled rear axle locking differential for more precise handling.

The differential unit was also sourced from Ford but converted for independent rear suspension use (contemporary Ford cars used live rear axles).

The 2016 RAM 2500 Power Wagon is a serious three - quarter ton full - size pickup that makes use of an extremely aggressive rear axle ratio, locking differentials, a tough four - wheel drive system, a factory winch, skid plates, tow hooks, all - terrain tires, Bilstein shocks, and the ability to disconnect the front swaybar from inside the cabin.

The Ridgeline's rear axle unit does not use a conventional differential.

However, Ford will surely use an independent front suspension design with a Dana - supplied front differential and axle half - shafts that route through the double A-arm and MacPherson strut suspension.

Torsen type 3 (Type «C») centre differential, 40:60 «default» split front - rear, automatically apportioning up to 80 % of the torque to one axle using a 4:1 high - biased center differential.

There is an SH - AWD all - wheel - drive option on the V6, which uses a smaller and more efficient differential to provide up to 885 lb - ft of actual torque vectoring across the rear axle.

On request, Audi will combine quattro all - wheel drive with the optional sport differential on the rear axle: It uses two superposition gears to steplessly vary the distribution of the power at the rear axle between the wheels.

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Put simply, where the standard RS uses its torque vectoring rear axle to push the car through its natural tendency to understeer, the new differential puts greater emphasis on the front axle.

[7] AdvanceTrac's four - wheel electronic traction control system uses the vehicle's four - wheel four - sensor four - channel anti-lock braking system (ABS) and is programmed with additional anti-slip logic to simulate differential locks via aggressively «brake locking» either the front or rear drive axle differentials.

With the LE's All Mode 4WD system set to Auto (via a dial in the dash), the Pathfinder automatically adjusts power to each axle, using limited - slip differential; this provides improved traction when needed and switches the car back to 2WD mode when it senses adequate grip.

It still has a solid front axle, but it pivots at the differential, and uses more comfortable, roadworthy coil springs instead of the Blazer's leafs.

Unlike the process used by the existing Torsen torque sensing quattro system, the only rear - wheel drive components engaged when running in front wheel drive are the bevel gears within the axle and gears within the differential — the latter of which compensate for differences in the speed of rotation of the wheels during cornering.

In contrast to a conventional differential, the AMG rear - axle limited - slip differential uses multi-disc clutches and two thrust rings.

This system uses a conventional rear differential, with constant velocity axles, and an electronically controlled dual - clutch differential in the front.