Sentences with phrase «front wheel spin»

The TT RS launches with a tiny chirp of front wheel spin — maybe 10 degrees — and then it feels like it shoots enough torque to the rear diff to win every - arm wrestling contest, ever, combined.

The system doesn't merely react to front wheel spin; it minimizes wheel spin before it happens by sending power to the rear wheels accordingly.

When starting on snow for example, the system sends power to the rear wheels right from the start, minimizing the potential for front wheel spin.

Cars such as the VW Golf Synchro, 4Motion and Audi A3, S3, TT as well as the Seat Leon (all of which share the same platform and engines) have engine torque sent to the rear wheels only in case front wheel spin is detected.

Driving around the streets of Los Angeles, I never noticed any front wheel spin when taking off in a hurry.

Inside - front wheel spin is prevalent; better to use a higher gear to maximise the Alfa's strengths.

So when the Roadster's standard Traction Control System senses a front wheel spin, it responds by helping reduce throttle, which helps you both regain grip and maintain control of the road.

Steering remains dead on - center, and the SX4t's standard all - wheel - drive system doesn't seem to be up to the task of handling the extra power, as evidenced by excessive front wheel spin.

7:26 a.m. I'm nearly to the main road when a 2013 Ford Fusion in front of me slowly slides to a stop, its front wheels spinning frantically.

Turn off the traction control, and you can get the front wheels spinning pretty fiercely.

Acceleration is brisk - there's more than enough torque to have the front wheels spinning - and as responsive, smooth and silent as you'd expect.

And for a car that was heavily touted as being «grounded to the ground,» the Camry will go light over Lime Rock's high - speed uphill section, lifting the front end enough to make the front wheels spin at 75 mph.

The above mentioned cars use a Haldex type clutch center differential which is only activated when the front wheels spin and always deactivated when braking.

This allows the system to immediately divert power to the rear wheels when starting, thus reducing the risk of the front wheels spinning.

The lack of a limited - slip diff means the front wheels spin wildly, the chassis loses the poise offered by PerfoHub steering geometry and Ohlins dampers, while the Brembo-less brakes are less confidence - inspiring.

As the bike's front wheel spins, the ECOXPOWER's clutch engages between the tire's spokes, fueling a generator that powers the lighting system, the rechargeable battery and your smart phone.

Not exact matches

The possibilities pile up, heads swim, the wheels begin to spin, and before you know it - as progress is made on all other fronts - you're bogged down picking through loads of rubbish.

Front wheels can fully spin to 180 - degree.

Front spin wheels that easily locked for superb movables of the stroller.

The front and back wheels only can move forward or backward; they could not move or spin around on their axis.

My husband yesterday skidded with our car at a speed of 60 - 70 km / h (38 - 45 mph), spun around and hit the front wheels in the snow which led to the car flying through the air landing on drivers side at a ditch on the side of the road.

According to its product description; it has an all - wheel suspension and lockable spins on its front wheels that make for fluid mobility and risk - free parking, a five point harness that is padded with a seat that reclines to dual positions that produces additional comfort and flexibility to the baby.

Flywheel - The flywheel is a weighted front wheel that provides resistance, smoothness, stability, and a more natural «real bike» feel as you use the stationary spin bike.

Push a bicycle over to the left and the rapidly spinning front wheel will turn left, potentially keeping the bicycle upright.

Instead they coupled a 57 - horsepower, 50 - pound, bread - box - size motor directly to each of the front wheels, connected only by a single gear that allowed the motor to spin 10.5 times faster than the wheel.

To avoid inside wheel spin in corners, a new chassis system, called XDS, anticipates conditions where one front wheel is likely to break free and preventatively applies braking force.

The front skis don't provide the tight turning diameter of a stock 370Z Roadster, so after sufficient ice formed at this turn - around, I brought the car to a stop and turned the wheel to its left lock and floored the pedal again, shifting up to second as the car spun a nice u-turn donut.

While it's the same for the front wheel of my mother's car, its rear wheels seem to spin forever.

The feelsome measured steering gives you something to lean on, so you always have confidence in the front - end, and the stability control system is so precise and dialled - in to LaFerrari's dynamics that together they only ever flatter your driving, even allowing you to persuade the tail into a smooth slide and then let the rear wheels spin a little before finally applying an invisible guiding hand.

When the wheels start spinning the axle with 100 % of the power will spin for a short amount of time until the front and rear axles are tied together.

Once on the power though it can't stop the inside front wheel from spinning.

Would having the back wheels spinning more quickly than the front cause this to happen?

Even in the dry, this car regularly spins the front wheels and there is fairly significant torque steer on acceleration.

Spin the front wheel to verify that the brakes are not binding.

When the wheels start spinning, at least one wheel in the front and one wheel in the back will start spinning at the same time.

The Civic understeers where the GTI rotates, and its mechanical limited slip differential isn't as adept at keeping the inner front wheel from spinning as is the GTI's electronic setup.

Line - lock holds the front brakes for up to 15 seconds, allowing a driver to spin the rear wheels in place.

I'm not familiar with Ford Focus, but I used to have a»77 Plymouth Fury that had this problem, it was a valve in the master cylinder not allowing the front brakes to release, and any dragging would cause expansion to cause the brakes to apply, aggravating the condition to the point where it wouldn't move, even though I was spinning the back wheels on dry pavement.

2WD mode seems to «feel» a bit lighter on the engine, but it tends to spin the front wheels on hard take offs, and give that oversteer tendency when turning while accelerating.

The RS» uncomfortably cutesy Twinster all - wheel - drive system uses power from the open front differential to spin a thin driveshaft and the rear differential, which are engaged constantly and can handle up to 70 percent of the engine's torque.

Lifted front wheels and with handbrake spun the front today by hands, no sound, but they were spinning in opposite direction, so I suspect only transfer case was involved.

There is zero torque steer, and thanks to Ferrari's predictive logic, there's no awkward transition wherein you wait for the front wheels to engage after you've started spinning the rears.

If you can figure out exactly which wheel / tire it is through rotation (front to rear only... and then only if the front and rear tires are the same size), you can have it spin balanced for a higher speed.

Acceleration is unfussy, the rear wheels kicking in to eliminate front - wheel spin, but as speed rises, the front end finds undulations in the pavement and torque steer yanks the car back and forth across the lane.

The 4WD system sends power to each of the four wheels while ARB lockers lock the front or rear axle to force each tire to spin at the same rate of speed.

The Taurus comes in three trim levels, all of which are powered by a 3.5 - liter V - 6 that spins the front wheels through a six - speed automatic.

Some models of this use a Torsen center limited slip differential, and open differentials in the front and back, but they do this trick where they use the ABS sensors to detect wheel spin, and then apply brakes to the spinning wheel, forcing it traction to go to the other wheels.

4WD = locked center differential / «transfer case», meaning at worst only two wheels will spin (one front, one rear).

If the rear wheels threaten to spin under acceleration, a greater proportion of drive force is distributed to the front by a more powerful engagement of the multi-plate clutch.

And that means it remains a hot hatch with a turbocharged four - cylinder engine furiously spinning the front wheels.