Sentences with phrase «camber corners»

They even stayed composed when being pushed very hard on Holden's «Hill Road» handling course that included steep, hard braking, flat - out uphill acceleration, broken road edges and some off - camber corners that required good car balance and delicate steering inputs.

Club Motorsports is a daunting 2.5 - mile road course built on rolling, wooded terrain with 250 feet of elevation change, lots off camber corners, and blind turns better suited for something like a Porsche 911 GT3.

There was a fair amount of twisty turns and off - camber corners, too, but I was not inclined to push the limits of the nearly 5,000 - pound behemoth.

Lucky for us, the Circuit Mont - Tremblant is like a mini-Nurburgring, with huge elevation changes, blind crests, and treacherous off - camber corners.

Ewing attempted to scribble navigation notes as Quiroga piloted the 350Z at warp speed down hollers, along mountainsides, and through hundreds of hairpins, off - camber corners, and dip - dee - dos of every conceivable configuration, all the while exploring the car's «controllable power oversteer, quick steering, ass - grabbing brakes, and near - perfect power - to - weight ratio.»

Lots of challenging curves and off - camber corners work the Ferrari's adaptive suspension.

And a small, diabolical little road course with more off - camber corners than you can shake a Snell sticker at.

We were able to put in some laps at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California, where the R - Design's chassis performed admirably on the 3.0 - mile track, which features several elevation changes and some tricky, off - camber corners.

Despite its modest power (123bhp) and pace, I'm sure it would feel a little less benign if you were on a dark, wet road and got caught - out by a tightening off - camber corner.

As you'd expect, we had a fine time driving along the water, especially over the 65 miles of tight, deeply cambered corners between Big Sur and Ragged Point.

Then, occasionally, you find yourself on a twisty road in the middle of nowhere approaching an on - camber corner with an opportunity to heel - and - toe from 4th to 3rd, kissing the apex and feeling the car squat and dart ahead as you squeeze the throttle.

As the 2014 CTS hammers down the rough, pockmarked asphalt between the fields and twists through sharp, deeply cambered corners under the oaks, it's as if we're being invited to shake down the car in a way that's literal as well as figurative.

In fact, if it hadn't been for a damp, off - camber corner with a half - lane - width dip at entry provoking my first experience of the M850i's ABS system, I might not have noticed at all.

The descent control system inched the Sportage downhill slowly, while the all - wheel drive system saw it pull through a cambered corner with the right rear wheel in the air.

Cresting a hill, taking a downhill, off - camber corner — times when self - preservation demands easing — the Performante begs to be pushed harder.

Not exact matches

It's not just the distance that fatigues — Thunderhill is littered with off - camber sweepers, blind crests, and decreasing - radius corners that impress and intimidate.

Adapting the camber, for instance, changes the way the tyre tread is presented to the ground when cornering.

Several corners at AMP have off - camber, falling - away entries that make them good candidates to cause an entry spin if you're not careful.

It follows cambers, the front wheels jump and skip over bumps and sometimes it'll leap half a car's width to the left or right through roughly surfaced corners.

Mounting the wheel with a negative camber improves grip under hard cornering as it counteracts rolling.

As @Compro01 said, a few degrees of camber helps cornering.

If you're only turning in one direction (i.e. oval racing), you can further optimize by applying both positive and negative camber to the inner and outer wheels respectively, countering the rolling on both wheels, giving you maximum grip when cornering.

There are undulations, there are lots of really quick, ballsy corners, but it's also got tight turns and to top it off there are a bunch of heavy and off - camber braking zones.

Especially through undulating corners, on off - camber blacktop, and along aquaplaning grooves, it sometimes feels as if car and driver are debating who is in charge.

As well as replacing the bulky and complex Active Body Control (ABC) suspension hardware with more straightforward coil - over damper units at the corners in the best motorsport tradition (ride height, wheel alignment and camber can all be adjusted for track work), AMG's engineers have plumped out the track by 97 mm at the front and 85 mm at the rear to exploit the new spring links, camber struts, pull / push rods and weight - optimised aluminium wheel carriers developed in conjunction with German motorsport specialists KW.

Get on the throttle hard at the exit of a corner and one of three things will happen: Sometimes you'll feel the tyres dig deep into the positive camber of the road, wall of death - style, and slingshot you out like the car has just hooked an elbow round a lamp post on the inside of the corner.

Grattan's a complex track with several blind corners, lots of elevation change, and a fiendish off - camber left - hander.

Independent suspension struts with stiffer spring / damper tuning, torque strut bearings on the front axle featuring higher rigidity, stiffer stabilisers all round as well as a more negative camber on the rear axle result in high cornering speeds and a low body roll in fast S - shaped bends.

Raw speed, of course, is a given, but through the cruel mid-corner compressions, tightening radii corners and nasty cambers that define our favourite test route it is brilliantly composed.

Unexpectedly poorly surfaced too, with coarse tarmac that has great divots cut into it in places as well as some tricky cambers in the quicker corners.

The resulting precision in camber and track allows high cornering speeds and gives the driver optimum, highly precise road feedback right up to the very high cornering limits.

The design features high lateral suspension stiffness, improved toe angle control (with the addition of new connect bushings) and improved camber angle control under load (for increased tire contact with the road when cornering) versus the previous generation Altima.

That speaks volumes about this Regal, which has a 4 - link rear suspension and a High Performance Strut (HiPerStrut) front arrangement that helps reduce torque steer and maintain negative camber during cornering for improved grip, crisper handling and better steering precision.

GM didn't talk about it, but it had the transverse leaf spring as a camber compensator to keep the rear wheels from tucking in in hard cornering.

Perhaps an overlooked aspect of racetracks these days, but MRLS doesn't feature needless off - camber, blind, downhill, decreasing radius corners just for the sake of complexity.

The verdict comes in on the final corner that leads onto the front straight at Portimão: a delightfully horrifying, slightly cambered right that drops down several stories.

New design for the rear knuckles and larger diameter bushings increased the roll center height, camber gain and roll understeer resulting in improved steering and cornering response

A sports exhaust, the Sport and Sport + driving modes, dynamic stability control (DSC), wider rear wheels and more camber on all four corners are also certainties on the menu, together with BMW's new 7.0 infotainment system.

The rear anti-roll bar is now stiffer are are the front and rear springs, says BMW, and there's increased camber on the front axle so in theory, the M5 Competition should be better at dealing with lateral forces normally occurring during high - speed cornering.

As you know, a Max Grip Box will turn any Mustang into a complete corner killer thanks to an entire suspension overhaul with a tubular K - member and A-arms, coilovers, caster - camber plates, a torque arm, a Panhard bar, lower control arms, an upgraded steering shaft, chassis bracing, and much more.

In short, Bilster - Berg is a mini Green Hell: 2.6 miles with 19 corners, many blind and some off - camber, 200 meters of elevation change with grades as steep as 26 percent, and 44 hill crests that unload the car.

Increased negative camber at the front axle enhances the car's ability to absorb lateral forces through high - speed corners.

Unless you switch to R comp tire like Pirelli Corsa, and modify your suspension to something stiffer than aftermarket springs (H&R, TechArt, etc.), adding sway bars, and change your alignment to more negative camber, there is simply no comparison between GT cars and a stock Turbo, especially in very tight corners.

Caster was increased by 3 ° on passenger cars (less on minivans) to improve steering feel and to improve the lateral force provided by the outside tire when cornering, by reducing positive camber

The front utilized upper A arms and lower L arms, and the rear used upper L arms and lower A arms for increased camber to promote stability in high speed corners.

Long - travel four - wheel independent suspension, adjustable Kayaba gas - charged shocks at all four corners, a rear stabilizer bar and mid-ship engine placement all work together to tame tough trails, while a high - performance long A-arm double - wishbone suspension design that reduces camber changes offers sharp steering at all times.

Meanwhile, finely tuned camber characteristics keep the tyres on the road when turning to increase the car's cornering performance.

Long - travel independent suspension, fully adjustable gas - charged shocks at all four corners, a rear stabilizer bar and mid-ship engine placement all work together to tame tough trails, while a high - performance long A-arm double - wishbone suspension design reduces camber changes for sharp steering at all times.

Camber and corner weight are also tunable, according to Dodge.

In tight stuff like GingerMan's off - camber right at Turn 10B, the 3,153 - pound 400 will push, but through the rest of the circuit's corners, the Lotus dances, displaying great midengine balance, grip and composure, with no noticeable interference from stability control.