Sentences with phrase «down drag strips»

Even so, it's a bit too small to be a family hauler, and it's never going to blister down any drag strips.

For 21 years, Kevin McKinnie has shepherded teenagers and police officers to Sonoma Raceway to race one another down the drag strip.

When the car launches, it darts from left to right then back to left a few times, the driver fighting the beast of a drag car all the way down the drag strip.

After a few runs down the drag strip, Elfalan observed: «The new engine is noticeably more powerful at the top end, with most of the grunt coming from the midrange and up.

When TransBrake is engaged, all the driver has to do to pelt the muscle car down a drag strip is flick one of the steering wheel - mounted shift paddles.

If you had the chance to thrash a fearsome Porsche 911 GT2 RS and an oddball Nissan Juke R around a track and down a drag strip you'd take it wouldn't you?

As tested the Porsche Turbo S laid down a drag strip time of 10.9 seconds through a quarter mile at a speed of 127.4 mph, while the «slower» 2012 Nissan GT - R came in at 11.1 seconds at 124.8 mph.

If getting the peewee soccer team down a drag strip is a top priority (and it should be), Dodge has a new family hauler for you: The three - row Durango SUV is getting the SRT treatment to the tune...

Every run down the drag strip generates plenty of heat.

After all, there's nothing more exciting than tearing down a drag strip in the 808 - horsepower Dodge Challenger Demon.

Each time someone learned that my 2015 Dodge Challenger wasn't a 707 - hp Hellcat, he let out a sigh loud enough to drown out the flathead V8s screaming down the drag strip.

Street Machine put together a trio of videos documenting the build and the subsequent finished product ripping down the drag strip.

The result is a former hybrid that nearly pops wheelies as it rips down the drag strip, making a noise no Prius has probably ever made before.

Ever notice how real drag racers do a stationary burnout to warm the tires, then smoke»em for a few dozen yards down the drag strip?

Not exact matches

Tesla drag racing fanatic behind the Tesla Racing Channel on YouTube has set a new 1/4 mile record in their stripped - down Model...

I drag the bouncy chair into the bathroom, lay a fluffy hooded towel on it, strip myself down, strip the baby down, turn on the shower, and we both hop in.

Like a modern - day Sisyphus, Tony Sentmanat drags a 150 - pound sled up and down the block - long parking lot that runs in front of a strip mall stretched along Highway 157 in Arlington, Texas.

In the film's telling, Jeff's overreaching eventually accomplishes what his fists could not: By taking skating away from Tonya, he strips her of her identity and her chance at a prosperous livelihood, and her guilt in the public eye finally drags her down to his level.

Stripping down the bombast of the original games (and films) allows Uthaug's reboot to feel comparatively grounded and immediate, without dragging itself down with unnecessary pathos.

We are with these women every breathless step of the way as they pound the pavement in their neighborhood on Christmas Eve, visiting cheap restaurants, run - down strip malls, a seedy motel, a drag bar and a Laundromat.

The car's rear - mounted engine escaped unscathed, so it is safe to say it will run down more drag strips in the near future.

Accordingly, every straight line feels like a drag strip and every set of traffic lights like a Christmas tree counting you down for a full - bore start.

Seeing how the original 1969 Camaro ZL1 would go down a quarter - mile drag strip in about 13 seconds on stock tires — at a time when most competitors wouldn't get close to that even on slicks — the new - age ZL1 needed to perform.

Dig into the deep bag of power and torque and you smile at the longitudinal g - load; I expect to see a lot of hot - rodded SSs on Detroit's famed Woodward Avenue «drag strip» in coming years, just as there are now plenty of modded GTOs running up and down it all spring and summer.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

Perfect for restoration project or drag project Has original 4 cylinder engine (not running) Interior is stripped down for rebuildStill have interior plastics (red) Don't need help sellingDon't need to sell but need driveway space and have too many other projects to tackle.I also have a 6 point cage brand new still in the shipping packaging.

«As the president of Lonestar Motorsports Park, we plan to allow Dodge Demon owners to be able to run their vehicles down our quarter - mile drag - strip without a rollcage and / or parachute,» he continued.

The LS7 Concept honors the COPO ethos with features such as drag strip - ready rubber on the rear wheels — and unlike many of the stripped - down racers from 40 years ago, this strip - ready competitor serves double duty as both a racecar and a daily driver.

It'd been a while since your author had mused on that particular style of automobile modification, but with the SEMA Show just around the corner, it was a reminder that while drag racing might not be what it was in the days that Fuel slingshots ruled quarter - mile strips from Pomona to Indianapolis, there's a measure of outré Rothian grandeur to a machine cammed to the gills, sitting down on tires as broad as the Mississipi River.

A man by the name of Oleg Belousov owns the car and proves just what it will do down a Russian drag strip.

They have knives (that you can't pick up after killing them for some reason), will sometimes explode with dynamite if you're unlucky enough, and shoot gas in your face if you're extremely unlucky, which will prompt you to faint as they drag you away to their secret hideout, strip you down to nothing, and take all your items, forcing you to fight out of an impossible situation.

Each canvas began with a grounding field of fluorescent pink, down which Howard methodically dragged strips of deep Alizarin Crimson oil paint, using a T - square to shape the precise edges.

VE, as experienced by architects, is usually not a step in the design process but the moment when their completely designed project will be dragged to the altar of the «budget» where its design will be sacrificed, stripped down and cheapened.

Dragging the notification panel down from anywhere else on the status bar, showcases a strip of quick settings above the brightness adjust section, and you drag the quick settings section down to expose all the icons at one place.