Sentences with phrase «drive ratio between»

The 5.3 - liter comes standard with a 6 - speed automatic, which is actually more efficient on paper than the 8 - speed thanks to a different final drive ratio between the two gearboxes.

Unlike a conventional transmission with four of five gears that change the final drive ratio in steps, a CVT uses a steel belt and a variable pulley to infinitely change the final drive ratio between a minimum and maximum setting.

The ring gear is again fixed for a low overall drive ratio between the motor and the half shafts powering the Volt's front wheels.

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Pretty sure that if one could effect a split of the statistics between the ratio health benefit driven toward vegan and the just plain animal huggers, that a huge gap of average expected lifespan would be observed.

Specific tension is a very carefully - constructed ratio between strength and size, which is adjusted for neural drive by using involuntary force, and it is the best predictor of strength gains after training.

THE DVD by Bill Chambers Just about the only thing that drives me nuts about Blade II on DVD has nothing to do with the way it was mastered: The first film was in 2.35:1, while Del Toro chose to shoot the sequel at 1.85:1 — I loathe an inconsistency in aspect ratio between franchise entries (see also the Alien «Legacy» and the Halloween films).

Meanwhile, despite these huge new investments in technology (see Figure 1), massive increases in the workforce of teachers drove the student - teacher ratio from 22 students per teacher to 16 students per teacher between 1970 and 2001.

This is mostly likely caused by a difference in friction and therefore slip ratio between the two driven front wheels.

Rather like the chassis tweaks it's difficult to identify the ST200's shorter gear ratios in terms of straight - line acceleration — you'd need to drive it back - to - back with an ST — and there are actually occasions where the shorter gearing forces you to shift up between corners rather than being able to hold the lower gear.

The DSG gearbox works extremely well, giving a decent impression of a conventional automatic under gentle use while seamlessly swapping between its seven ratios, but offering near - instant changes when driven a bit more keenly — or when over-ridden with wither the push - pull gear selector or (optional) steering wheel paddles.

On the center console, you'll find a drive select knob that can be twisted and tapped to chose between six programs that affect the Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) system's output, the throttle mapping, the Adaptive Air Suspension firmness, and Variable Gear Ratio electronic power steering's responsiveness and wedrive select knob that can be twisted and tapped to chose between six programs that affect the Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) system's output, the throttle mapping, the Adaptive Air Suspension firmness, and Variable Gear Ratio electronic power steering's responsiveness and weDrive (HSD) system's output, the throttle mapping, the Adaptive Air Suspension firmness, and Variable Gear Ratio electronic power steering's responsiveness and weight.

Thanks to eAssist technology, which also enables a numerically lower final drive ratio, the Malibu ECO can travel as much as 550 miles between fill - ups, despite having only a 15.8 - gallon gas tank.

In normal driving operation, it distributes torque between the front and rear axles at a 40:60 ratio; if necessary, it can direct up to 70 percent to the front or a maximum of 85 percent to the rear.

Under normal driving conditions, the center differential distributes the power between the front and rear axle in a 40:60 ratio.

The suspension was by the traditional Ford transverse leaf springs front and rear and the engine drove the rear wheels through a three - speed gearbox which, right from the start, featured synchromesh between the top two ratios.

The smaller engine is mated with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that works by, well, continuously varying the gear ratio between the engine and the drive wheels, rather than notching between 5 or 6 fixed ratios.

Instead, power is transmitted in a continuous flow from the engine to the drive wheels, typically through adjustable pulleys and a steel - link «belt» that can seamlessly adjust between an infinite number of ratios.

In normal driving conditions, its self - locking center differential distributes torque between the front and rear axle in a 40:60 ratio.

However, the all - wheel drive system is rear - biased, and the torque is split in a 40:60 ratio between the front and rear axles.

When required by the driving situation, the variable all - wheel - drive system splits the torque between the front and rear axles up to a ratio of 50:50 percent.

Computer control of the transmission allows the ratio between the pulleys to be altered almost instantly to best suit the driving conditions and accelerator pedal setting.

The four - wheel - drive mechanism lets the driver choose between a high and low ratio and between two - and four - wheel drive.

Meet the C 250 d. Its 4Matic 4 × 4 drive divides the force in the fixed ratio of 45:55 between the front and rear axles: a pretensioned lamellar clutch juggles back and forth with a maximum of 50 Newtonmeters if necessary.

The new generation of mechanical Torsen differentials features asymmetric / dynamic torque distribution; the flow of power in the ratio 40:60 between the front and rear wheels allows for even sportier driving.

The all - wheel drive system doesn't split power between the front and rear axles in a fixed ratio, instead constantly varying the split depending on conditions.

When the driving dynamics so require, the variable AMG 4MATIC all - wheel drive splits the torque between front and rear axle up to a ratio of 50: 50 percent.

For $ 1,995, you'll receive a veritable laundry list of spirited driving «musts» — bigger brakes (352 mm front / 330 rear, with 4 - pot front calipers), stiffer suspension (retuned springs, dampers and bushings, plus a larger rear swaybar), a beefed up cooling system, the aforementioned ebony - dipped 19 × 9» alloys, Pirelli P - Zero tires wrapped around those alloys, a shorter 3.55 - ratio final drive, and a couple of gauges between the air vents inside to monitor oil and turbo boost pressure.

During normal driving, it distributes power at a ratio of 40:60 between the front and rear axles.

The truck has a transfer case capable of channeling drive between a 0.87:1 high - range ratio for on - road driving and 2.16:1 low - range ratio for off - road conditions to all six wheels in a nominal 30:40:30 split.

It shuffles between cogs without fuss under normal driving conditions, yet thumps through the ratios in Sport mode.

So this all comes down to the ratio between dry air temperature driven density and water evaporation / condensation injection / removal.

To put the effect sizes for the hypothesized associations on wave 6 reckless driving into perspective, we re-ran the final model using logistic regressions (for the connections between the wave 6 indicators and the wave 6 latent variables) to obtain odds ratios (OR) for the indirect effects of wave 1 predictors on the individual wave 6 reckless driving items.

«Mortgage lending led to affordability getting out of whack back in 2006 due to mortgage programs increasing buying power and thus driving up home price when in reality, without those products, the affordability ratio (between home prices, incomes and interest rates) were nowhere near sustainable.»