Sentences with phrase «engine spin»

But now, it comes with a darker side: black engine spin.

The Lean Power processor monitors the rotation of the flywheel, which in car engines spins at anything between 600 and 6000 revolutions per minute depending on the gear and speed.

Even though this Miata's six - speed manual transmission has a fairly tall ratio in sixth gear for highway cruising, the rear axle's final - drive ratio is fairly short to enhance acceleration, so the Miata's 2.0 - liter inline - 4 engine spins above 3000 rpm at ordinary cruising speed and close to 4000 rpm if you're brave with speed limits.

With its broad spread of talents, it inspires on a twisty road, the multiple - award - winning 2,489 cc five - cylinder engine spinning eagerly to its 6,800 - rpm redline.

Since apartment and condo buildings are tight for storage, Leone and his colleagues have found couches and vacuum cleaners in elevator rooms, where engines spin the cables up and down like high - voltage sewing machines.

The Prius has it, and I guess it works okay there because the Prius is an efficiency - based car that is typically driven at a sedentary pace, but having been in a Prius minicab - being driven as minicabs in London often are - it was altogether rather unpleasant; we had to raise our voices to speak over the strained sound of a small engine spinning at a constant and loaded 6000rpm.

One engine spins clockwise (CW) the other spins counter clockwise (CCW).

What's more, both available engines spin...

In addition to the two clutch - brake assemblies and two rotating clutch assemblies, the 2MT70 uses a damper - bypass clutch to reduce vibration during engine spin - up and shut - down.

From stop up to about cruising speeds, the 143 horsepower, 129 pound - foot combustion engine spins a second electric generator that supplies electricity to the main e-motor.

The new Swift's diesel engine spins at a relatively relaxed 2,300 rpm at 100kph in fifth gear as opposed to a busier 2,600 rpm in the old Swift.

Chevrolet claims that thanks to the Malibu's two - mode system (basically two planetary gear sets switched between via a clutch), they're able to have the car performing well both around town and on the highway, by metering - out how fast the gas engine spins.

With such a pedigree it's natural that Bentley offers two engine spin options for the fascia and consoles — one in Bright Aluminium and the other, unique to the Continental GT Speed, in Dark Tint Aluminium.

In addition, a new Black Tint Engine Spin aluminium finish is available for the Flying Spur W12 S. Applied to the front fascia panels and door waistrails, it is exquisitely complimented with Piano Black veneer to the front centre console.

A bed base, tailor - made from burgundy hide and bright engine spin, houses an oversized king - size St. Regis bed while an entry touch panel and portable iPad place room controls at guests» fingertips.

You can feel the entire body of the ship hum as the powerful engine spins to life.

Up front is a 260 - hp, 2.0 - liter turbocharged and direct - injection General Motors Ecotec four - cylinder engine spinning a 175 - kilowatt generator.

A 2.0 - litre unit in a 1267 kg chassis is still more than enough to haul the car along at a decent rate, and the engine spins so smoothly you're naturally inclined to extend it a little more than you might a less willing four - cylinder.

Its 250bhp arrived as the engine spun to 6500rpm, shortly after a 215 lb ft crest in the torque curve at 4500 - 5000rpm.

If you have bent a valve stem or cracked a piston crown, you want to find out when the car is in a workshop, not when the engine spins up to 2000 RPM just after you started it, and most definitely not while you are driving!

The engine spins up faster thus fitted, especially at low rpm.

Fix was simple: I just installed the other pistons set and now the engine spins by hand and a little rag at the crankshaft pulley end.

The low - speed heft to the steering is gone, you're past the dreadfully stiff first few millimetres of throttle pedal travel (it initially feels more like a clutch) and the engine spins away busily but with so much in reserve.

There's a five - speed manual transmission attached to it, rather than the R's sequential transmission, and a lightweight flywheel helps the engine spin to its 7700rpm power peak.

That engine spins the rear wheels via an eight - speed automatic transmission.

And this, says Ferrari, provides the 812 with a subjectively more exciting form of power delivery, one that builds very quickly as the revs rise, becoming stronger and more visceral the faster the engine spins.

You don't want the engine spinning slower or faster than your clutch at a higher gear.

Restoring the energy to its 6.8 - kWh peak is equally simple: keep the engine spinning at medium revs for about fifteen minutes in Sport mode — or better still in Race — and the green dots will duly light up again.

A 27 - pound aluminum flywheel means the engine spins up faster and reacts to throttle changes quicker.

Also, you should be able to push start it... do this in 2nd gear to get the engine spinning faster.

The reason for this is since the engine (in most cases) spins clockwise (looking from the grill backwards), the affected torque is transmitted CCW making the vehicle «roll» opposite of the engine spin.

Does the engine spin freely?

Stomp on the throttle, though, and there's a slight lag in power delivery and a CVT - like audible awakening as the engine spins up to high rpm and parks itself there.

When you back off and let the engine spin on a long leash, the chips take their time before they eventually call upon the fuel - saving top gear.

Admittedly, you won't be embarrassed away from the lights around town, but on the open road, you soon learn to keep the engine spinning away in the upper reaches of the rev range to get the best from it.

Combined with the eight - speed ZF auto, you can change gear often enough to keep the engine spinning between 3 - 4000rpm, just where it offers its greatest amount of shove.

To make genuinely rapid progress in an F355 you need to keep the engine spinning between 6000rpm and a little over 8000rpm.

On an open road, when you can use the sweet gearchange to keep the engine spinning away at high revs, with the exhaust providing an encouragingly sporty soundtrack, it can certainly put a smile on your face.

And while the torque fill from the electric drivetrain (the function that uses the motor's instant torque delivery to disguise the low - down lag of those enormous turbos) is very impressive, once you've got the engine spinning above 4000rpm this technology just isn't a factor — on the road, at least.

Even the 1.6 - litre TDI feels lively enough, as long as you prepared to make use of the five - speed gearbox and keep the engine spinning around the 184 lb ft torque peak.

The Recaro seats are comfortably snug, the stubby shifter feels wonderful, and the engine spins effortlessly.

At 70 mph with the Bose sound system turned off, the engine spins quietly in eighth gear at about 1,800 rpm or so.

The turbo keeps power on tap for passing without dramatic downshifts and the engine spins at less than 3000 rpm on the highway.

Several people complained about gearing that kept the engine spinning above 3000 rpm on the highway.

To increase the horsepower, you make your engine spin higher.

Working the six - speed manual to keep the engine spinning fast but avoiding the 5000 - rpm redline keeps the driver engaged and entertained.

The Malibu also gains a bit from a taller rear - end gear ratio that lets the engine spin slower at highway speeds.

Note, cruising in sixth gear at 100kph has the engine spin at a fairly calm 2,100 rpm.