Sentences with phrase «in road cars»

This exodus is all thanks to LMP1's crippling costs, but you also need to look at the class» resulting lack of competition, and its struggle to provide relevancy to the most cutting - edge tech in road cars.

As with every disc brake system used in road cars, the central part of the system is the brake disc, rotating at the same speed of the wheel.

This system is forbidden in formula one, but widely used in road cars.

Porsche, more than almost any other Le Mans team, keeps pretty close ties between the engines in its race cars and those in its road cars.

*** Panoz DeltaWing lead engineer Catherine Crawford and Mazda factory driver Joel Miller took part in a panel on Tuesday at the SxSW festival in Austin, discussing how motorsports fuels innovation in road cars.

Turbo engines have not been seen in Honda's production cars in Europe for some time, however, the company has continued to actively develop turbo technology, deploying it on the race track and in road cars in other regions.

We see that is a trend [in road cars].

In recent years, Audi's WEC contenders have run a diesel - electric hybrid system, which has no direct connection with the technology in its road cars.

BMW trusts Pennzoil in its race cars so you should trust it in your road cars.

They also have plans to offer fuel - cell technology in their road cars.

«This is one of the critical components of Formula E, which is also a critical component in road cars,» Carcamao said.

But we haven't lost all our faith in road cars just yet.

Infiniti has been using hybrid power units in its road cars since 2011, while hybrid units were introduced in Formula One in 2014.

i do actually quite like the concept of four - wheel drive in road cars though i have never owned one, but i don't see it as something which enhances off - road ability without considerable additional modifications elsewhere.

Aston already has a tie - up with Mercedes - Benz for use of engines and electrical architecture in its road cars, but Andy Palmer's comments suggest any Aston Martin F1 engine would be much more than just a rebadged Mercedes unit.

Compared to the traction control systems found in road cars, the basics are roughly the same.

The Reverie Rally 330 lightweight Carbon Fibre steering wheel is designed for race and motorsport applications, but can be used in road cars too.

No more interesting than the fact that Mercedes use diesel engines from their F1 opponents Renault, in their road cars.

Most production V12 engines in road cars have an even firing order, with the uneven - firing exceptions such as Aston Martin 5.9 L V12 and Mercedes - Benz M275 AMG V12s.

AC seems to be easier over bumps but in road cars in AC there is much less grip.

In my experience working on Subarus, they generally don't mount the engines low enough to take advantage of the center of gravity, for the most part, the center of gravity in their road cars is similar to that of a V6.

How those lessons learned will effect change in the road cars.

In road cars, relatively mild cams are used which allow for smooth running and plenty of low down torque so that it's easy to pull away from near idle at a very small throttle opening without stalling.

Such a feat has undoubtedly helped Audi promote diesel technology in its road cars, and with the advent of the e-tron quattro racers, two more technological frontiers can be used to please the marketing men.

We take the components and technology from the track and use them in the road cars.

To understand the reason for this, you have to look at the difference between high performance race engines and those used in road cars.

I've been lucky enough to feel that natural high in road cars, race cars and record - breaking cars, but nothing approaches the stimulant - like effects of the Venom GT's all - out performance.

I think in answering this question you need to answer the initial question which is fundamentally, is plexiglass used for glazing in road cars.

This was a huge reason behind the introduction of the current engine formula, as small - capacity turbo engines with a hybrid element were all the rage in road cars when F1's 1.6 - litre V6 hybrid units were first announced.

In episode 1 we find out how engine innovations from the racetrack have ended up in road cars, and meet some leaders in the sport to find out what makes them tick.

You could maybe use it to power that engine-less F1 showcar that you have sitting on your driveway, or if you're feeling particularly mad, you could swap it with the engine in your road car.

Maybe if you're going down the road in your road car and you put your hand out the window and you do this, you might swerve to the right.

For a long time there's been a feeling that Formula 1 technology should attempt to mirror and influence trends in the road car industry.

The NSX GT3 will ditch the hybrid tech found in the road car and go rear - wheel drive in order to meet GT3 race regulations.

Technical highlights US company UQM makes the motors and their control system, Dundee - based Axeon makes the battery pack (the biggest yet seen in a road car), the gearbox is by Xtrac and Lotus put it all together to detailed specifications devised by Rolls - Royce.

The production car's sizeable 90kWh lithium - ion battery pack, good for 310 miles in the road car, should also be game for several laps at race pace.

I think this is surely the best dual - clutch gearbox there has ever been in a road car.

«We have an F1 engine that is used to idling at 4500rpm, now idling at 1100rpm; it still revs to 11,000 rpm in the road car.

The QV boasts some of the quickest steering I've ever experienced in a road car.

If the engine work is comprehensive, the chassis goes even further: new springs, dampers, electronic systems, wheels, tyres and a new generation of carbon - ceramic brake that uses, for the first time in a road car, a ceramic pad material.

That said, the F12 is aerodynamically advanced, with both a low coefficient of drag (0.30) and as much downforce as you're likely to see in a road car (a claimed 271 lb at 124 mph.)

You can do it pretty well in a road car with only a small amount of training.

There is also no requirement for a full FIA roll - cage in the road car although this car's owner has requested one nonetheless, along with full race bucket seats and harnesses.

Stiffer, lower and stripped back, the Cup car is powered by an uprated version of the 1.8 - litre turbocharged engine found in the road car, producing an extra 18bhp.

While setting lap times in a road car for a magazine story, or when running around on a track day, I'm always acutely aware of the consequences of having an off.

In a road car, even a high performance car or a lightweight track special, you're aware that you're asking it to perform right at the limit of its abilities.

There's quite a bit more midrange oomph than in the road car, and the sharp immediacy to the throttle far transcends the road car's most aggressive setting, Corsa.

Now, twenty - five years after Porsche got serious about dual - clutch technology, customers finally can enjoy what the company always hoped for — a PDK transmission in a road car.

Like it's predecessors, the Enzo was designed to push the performance boundaries of what was possible in a road car.

Last year, Infiniti showed off the Q60 Project Black S Concept, which previewed the future of F1 hybrid technology in a road car.