Sentences with phrase «fourth gears use»

First to fourth gears use close ratios.

Not exact matches

This crossover is quite simply very good at carrying momentum through corners, using intentional weight transfer to speed up turn - in, and building up ground - effect fourth and fifth - gear road holding that doesn't wane after five or six laps.

We were using Silverstone's truncated, 1.9 - mile «International Circuit,» but that still included the Hangar Straight, Stowe corner, and Abbey, a turn - one right - hander taken — in the Senna — in fourth gear after the briefest dab of the brakes from 150 mph.

Such is the engine's torque that, despite the choice of seven ratios, you can tackle pretty much all a typical «A» or «B» road could throw at you using just third and fourth gears.

It is also plenty fast enough (this four - year - old car has 414bhp, although newer ones have 424), has a rabid appetite for revs, and gearing that means you can genuinely use fifth on a fast B - road where most will only let you glimpse fourth.

This seems like a bad deal on paper, yet we liked this 2.0 T engine's notably quicker, quieter response while accelerating away from stoplights in metro driving, and the engine made great use of the 2.0 T's six - speed automatic with its shift paddles on the steering wheel and a set up of shorter ratios in first through fourth gears for quicker acceleration.

• Adapts the 4L60 or 700R4 automatic transmission (non-electronic version) for use in early - model vehicles, with or without an engine management computer • Includes instruction sheet, throttle valve spring for carbureted engines, a normally - closed fourth - gear clutch switch and wiring connector for the torque converter

Part of the problem is because Honda has used taller fourth and fifth gear ratios in the interests of fuel economy, which on the petrol - manual is improved by around 10 percent to 19.5 kpl.

When using the steering wheel - mounted gearshift paddles, it's easy to get stuck between third and fourth gear — but that's all you need on a fast A-road.

I also enjoyed the slapstick auto / manual feature and I used it to drop from sixth gear to fourth while nearly redlining it to make an energetic pass.

Turning off overdrive will keep the transmission out of fourth gear - helpful when towing or when using the engine to help slow the car while descending steep roads.

It also uses an EMCC to electronically modulate torque converter lockup and provide for partial engagement in third or fourth gears.

The shifter's gates could use a bit more definition, as a vague first - to - second shift had us ending up in fourth gear more often than we'd have liked.

Transmission sticks in fourth gear and rpm surge while using the cruise control.

In the 960, the engine is mated to a Japanese - built four - speed automatic transmission that can be programmed to use only third and fourth gears on slippery roads.

It's just a great driver's car, one that loves to run through the gears and curves as much as it rips through traffic in third or fourth, using every bit of the powerband.

Using a Big Stuff 3 engine management system, the Cobra benefits from a traction control strategy that was derived from his 4,000 hp Pro Mod on 10.5 s. Without it, the 1,500 rwhp combination can destroy the Nitto 555R drag radials — in fourth gear!

On grades, EMCC could be active in Second gear, as well as Third and Fourth gears, because some grades require the use of a lower gear to maintain speed.

If you are driving within the city, you will likely use bigger amount of fuel because of the first gear usage; compared to road with less traffic, you can always rely on the ability of the fourth gear.