Sentences with phrase «for road cars»
Interesting that a Company that is currently talking about building a Formula 1 engine is buying in engines for its road Cars!
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Due to it's 15 slim spoke design, it has racing roots, but with a different finishing combination the result is a fantastic, modern design for road cars.
To allow the car to operate on pump gas, the rev limit is capped at 11,000 rpm, which still marks a world record for a road car engine.
The latter implies the same is true for road cars.
I've studied other threads / sites that discuss larger / smaller profiles for road cars and not really seen a definitive answer above «larger rims look better».
But I wouldn't nevertheless choose these tires for a road car.
These types of speeds aren't normal for road cars.
It isn't uncommon for a road car to influence the design of a race car and vice versa.
While the company produced its first road car in 1947, it was the 1958 3500 GT that really put it on the map for road cars.
The Race car also wears bodywork that can generate a claimed 215 kg of downforce at 150mph (it's 150 kg at the same speed for the road car), largely thanks to the fitment of a front splitter, large rear wing and rear diffuser.
HW: From 1998 - 2002, I was the head of product development for the road cars at Ferrari.
Aston claims the tweaked V8 Vantage can dance around the legendary Nordshleife circuit in under eight - minutes, an impressive time for a road car.
As for this road car, it will come with a twin - turbocharged 5.0 - liter V8 making 650 hp and 531 lb - ft of torque, mated to a six - speed manual gearbox or a paddle - shifted automatic.
Standard on the Project 8 is Jaguar's first application of its new - generation carbon ceramic braking system, which uses Formula One - style silicon nitride ceramic wheel bearings — an industry - first for a road car, says the company.
The same year, the Super Sport fulfilled the strict requirements of Guinness World Records and set a new world speed record for road cars of 431.072 km / h.
In the 1990s, the McLaren F1 reset the benchmark for road car performance.
It's unlikely Porsche will throw away decades of development to do the same for its road cars but limited edition vehicles would be possible.
It is suggested that the car is powered by a mid-engind twin - turbo V12, with up to 800 bhp, endowing it with blistering performance; this also suggests a potential future engine for road car use.
But despite efforts to establish a global hydrogen fueling infrastructure, their complex nature and high production costs mean they appear destined to remain a fringe solution as a potential power source for road cars in the foreseeable future.
No weight figure is quoted for the road car, but we'd expect SVO to shave some kilos for the car's racing version to the benefit of performance and handling.
Local legislation may prevent the use of plexiglass for road car windows, which is reflected in the same article which states
The driveability requirements for a road car engine are completely different and the duty cycle puts very different demands on the combustion chamber design.
Among other discoveries following the accidents, the FIA, led by Max Mosley, realised that no significant safety legislation had been introduced for road cars since 1974.
It's unusual for a road car to completely overshadow a pie - in - the - sky concept vehicle, but when the DP - 100 concept made its first appearance in GT6 in mid-2014, few could have known the company would later announce the Valkyrie hypercar.
At this year's Geneva motor show, along with two new trim levels for its road car, Alpine has launched a GT4 race car based on the A110.
My point is this, as a family and like 1000's of potential buyers, we purchase our cars for the public roads and everyday conditions, which of course is the design brief for a road car.
The engine is based on the unit found in the Evora 400, but in the 3 - Eleven, hardware and software revisions have upped power by 12.5 per cent to 460bhp at 7000rpm for the racing version (410bhp for the road car), and torque by 10 per cent to 332 lb ft between 3500 - 6500rpm.
Andy Palmer, Nissan's product planning supremo, told us that the decision to use Nismo for the road car division was down to the «need to tell the story behind the product... Nismo is about truth points behind the excitement.»
Whilst accelleration statistics and top speed are relevant on track focused cars, the feel and sense of fun is more important for road cars imo.
Mitsubishi claims that since the five - speed manual is needed for the motorsport versions of the Evo, it wasn't commercially viable to develop a six - speed one for the road cars, especially as the SST» box offers six cogs if that's what you want.
«Ring times are a false god for road cars, and are leading to ever more clinical, electronically controlled, cars.
And what of Ferrari, which pioneered the steering wheel - mounted flappy - paddle gearbox for road cars with the F355 F1 Berlinetta, way back in 1997?
Pirelli has now taken this technology and created a range of replacement tyres for road cars that instantly transmit data on the tyres» condition to an app on your smart phone.
Often they are over compensated so they dominate, Holden then use their results as marketing draw card for their road cars.
The performance figures of the Ferrari LaFerrari set a new standard for road cars.
Until recently, the V10 configuration was not a common configuration for road cars [citation needed]; a V12 is only slightly more complicated and runs more smoothly [citation needed], while a V8 is less complex and more economical.
Pirelli is the tire supplier for McLaren's Formula One team, so of course it also supplies rubber for the road cars.
Jaguar pioneered disc brakes for road cars and the F - TYPE joins us with ceramic rotors.
It sits behind the driver and can rev up to a ludicrous 11,000 rpm, which Mercedes claims is a new high for a road car.
It has used its experience of designing and developing DB9 and V8 Vantage - based race and rally cars to help create this range of performance enhancements for the road car.
In sports mode, this time is reduced to 100millisecs and in race mode, shifting is four times faster — which gives an incredible feel for a road car.
But both exhibit handling manners near perfect for road cars, with steering neither darty nor too slow, and with excellent feedback.
In keeping with Ferrari's 360 - degree approach to efficiency and its commitment to environmental sustainability, new technologies for its road cars are matched by the considerable investments already made to reduce the environmental impact of the company's production activities in Maranello.
We've known for some time that Porsche is developing a four cylinder boxer for its road cars and you don't need to stretch the imagination too far to see some marketing and research opportunities with this V4 race engine.
In the cabin The cabin of the 2009 Nissan GT - R brings in many race car touches, but adapted for a road car.
At first called the Vantage GT3, the track - ready coupe was renamed the GT12 after Porsche sued Aston Martin, claiming ownership of the GT3 name for road cars.
The inclusion of the Abarth also reiterates a fact that's often undersold - unlike many other PC sims, Assetto Corsa will also cater for road cars as well as race cars which is a rarity in the PC market.
Faraday Future wants to use the same inverter (the device which converts battery power into usable power for the motors that drive the car) that the company is developing for its road car in its Formula E racer starting in that season as well.
(The word is that, since Tesla is developing its own battery and electric tech for its road cars, the company doesn't see the need to be involved in Formula E.)