Sentences with phrase «more downforce of»

The Z06 with the Z07 delivers more downforce of any production car ever tested at the GM wind tunnel.

Not exact matches

There are a number of reasons for this - as well as the obvious loss of downforce, by following in the wake of another car the dirty air generated causes the follower to slide around and overheat their tyres, which makes the idea of a driver dropping a couple of seconds behind a rival a more effective strategy.

Increasing downforce levels means it will be more challenging for drivers to follow other cars through corners because of the aero disturbance and instability.

According to IndyCar the new bodywork generates a whopping 66 per cent of its downforce from underneath the car (19 percent up on the current cars) and following distances have been cut in half, which should lead to much closer racing and more passing opportunities.

But I talk of way faster, because we can make cars which go 450kph and have way more downforce.

He's also the current chairman of the GPDA and has said he'd like to see cars have even more downforce and more powerful engines so that the cars can go up to 450kph.

The new bodywork generates a whole lot more of its downforce from the underside of the car.

The reduced downforce also has the knock - on effect of tyres taking longer to come up to operating temperature (there are no tyre warmers in IndyCar) as well as making them wear out quicker because the drivers are sliding around more.

Newey conceded that most of the development had occurred at the rear end of the car in order to generate more downforce.

It's never easy finding the right balance here because the high altitude has a big impact on the car: you slide around more with the lack of downforce and it makes things quite tricky.

That pushing force is then lost (in fact, the downforce from the weight may even reduce the energy - absorbing effects of your running shoes over time as the soles get more and more compressed from the lifting).

The remaining areas of non-structural bodywork are still subject to evolution and change as Adrian [Newey] continues to explore way of finding more downforce.»

Built with an all - aluminum body structure, the XKR - S GT moves through the air more swiftly, achieving a maximum downforce of 320 pounds thanks to a carbon - fiber front splitter that extends forward 2.4 inches, carbon - fiber dive planes, extended wheel arches, and an aluminum undertray.

It has the straight line performance to live with that company — in fact Rimac has released a video of the Concept One out - dragging a LaFerrari — but it's unlikely to match those more conventional hypercars for lap time because it lacks downforce and outright mechanical grip.

Careful upgrades help make this GT3 more drivable: 197 cc of extra displacement boosts low - end torque, stability control aids in keeping the GT3 aimed in the proper direction, and revised aerodynamics create real downforce to help keep the shiny side up.

These new bumpers, along with freshened underbody aerodynamics and a rear wing that sits 0.78 - inch higher, contribute to an aerodynamic profile that produces 340 pounds of downforce at speed — 20 percent more than before.

With its towering, constantly adjusting rear wing, movable front aero blades, and purposefully sculptured bodywork, at speed the Senna can produce nearly 1,800 pounds of combined downforce — 40 percent more than the P1.

Such is the frightening magic of working with a high - downforce, active - aero car: more speed produces more downforce, which produces more speed and more downforce!

By adding a spoiler in the shape of the kicked - up boot - lid along with a diffuser underneath, they've also found a third more downforce.

For starters, it pushes for even more extreme boundaries: 30 percent quicker upshifts; 40 percent quicker downshifts; higher combustion pressures and temperatures than the California T; up to 50 percent more downforce than the 458; a lower center of gravity; active air flow devices front and rear; wider tires (245 / 35R -20 front, 305 / 30R -20 rear).

This is the Corvette of more — more power, more grip, more brakes, more downforce.

The fixed rear wing is from the GT2 RS and is positioned higher than the previous GT3 RS's item, generating between seven and eight per cent more downforce but not at the expense of drag, which is said to be lower.

As if the standard car's performance wasn't impressive enough, Aston Martin has extracted more power from the V12, taking total power past 1100bhp, dropped the weight to 1000 kg, and grafted an aero package on that generates 1000 kg of downforce.

The new wing provides more downforce than the fixed wing's 616 pounds at 124 mph to between 726 and 968 pounds of downforce.

The eight - setting Motec traction control and 12 - setting Bosch ABS system can be dialed in from a ««Knight Rider» - style steering wheel, and more than twice the downforce as the road car is delivered courtesy of an adjustable rear spoiler the size of a park bench.

The headlines are that's it's considerably smaller (50 mm shorter, 60 mm lower, 20 mm narrower and with a 20 mm shorter wheelbase), 70 kg lighter at 1525 kg (dry), produces more downforce and has a much lower centre - of - gravity.

Although impressive, the Project One can't match the McLaren Senna's claimed 1,764 pounds of downforce, which is already 40 percent more than the P1.

The car's aerodynamics also made a pivotal contribution to performance: its 1.67 efficiency figure is a new record for a production Ferrari, and is the fruit of 50 per cent more downforce than the previous model and reduced drag.

Thanks to all these elements — and with a little bit of help from a slightly larger lip spoiler on the tail — the underbody aero package creates 310 kg of downforce at 186mph (300kph), which is 30 kg more than the F430 can muster.

There's also a deployable wing that extends 150 mm from the body and can change its angle of attack by up to 15 degrees for even more downforce.

MINI claims the aero qualities of the car are improved, too, but makes no specific claims about downforce, so take it as read that there is a little bit less lift than before, but not much more than that.

McLaren is building 75 Senna GTRs with 825 horsepower and more than a ton of downforce.

First, the GT3RS, arguably the most - extreme 911 ever — the monstrous rear wing (more than 700 pounds of downforce!)

Yet, because it is a Lotus, the Evora 400 features «zero - lift», although the aero package increases downforce by 50 lbs (23kgs) at V - max, to make more efficient use of its immensely capable road manners.

The engineers actually came up with two packages, with the more extreme option, part of the available ZTK Performance Package, capable of generating 950 pounds of downforce, thanks mostly to a huge rear wing.

Nissan says there's more downforce — always handy at the speeds the GT - R is capable of — while simultaneously reducing the coefficient of drag — so it can more easily hit those high speeds — of just 0.26.

The FXX K produces 540 kg of downforce at 125mph, it is the first Ferrari ever with more than 1,000 bhp and, perhaps most significantly, it can lap Ferrari's Fiorano track in 1m 14.5 secs, compared to 1m 19secs for the LaFerrari.

The improved downforce on the axle and reduced weight with the aid of the carbon fiber elements does make the car more stable at high speeds.

But more than just power, the C7 benefits from a redeveloped aero package with the larger adjustable wing capable of generating 950 pounds of downforce.

In its latest update, the Aventador gets 40 more horsepower, a whole lot of downforce, and «Ego mode.»

Although the aerodynamics package does not produce the same levels of downforce as the GT1 car, the C6.R is more predictable over a wide range of speeds.

This upgrade of the GT3 in its design and contours serves above all to optimise the car's aerodynamics: The modifications increase downforce both on the front and rear axle, ensu - ring more than twice as much downforce overall as on the former GT3.

The Extreme Aero package delivers more than three times the downforce of the Viper TA (Time Attack) 2.0 package.

But even more impressive are Apollo's claims the IE's maximum cornering grip is equal to two times the force of gravity and that as the car nears its top speed all that wild aero generates more than the car's curb weight — 1,350 kg — in downforce.

The promise is all there with a new butch front end, a more aggressive body kit, chunks of carbon fibre, a huge rear wing for extra downforce, a new diffuser at the back, stiffer springs, a new rear subframe with stiffer bushes, a tweaked active diff and a tweak of the stability control for more fun.

And although it is quite a looker, aero was another major consideration for the development team, which worked to reduce coefficient of drag in the name of less wind noise, better engine efficiency, and more downforce.

Two aero packages are offered with the car - a low wing that is claimed to generate 70 % more downforce than the Z06 and an adjustable high wing that Chevrolet claims to generate over 431 kg of downforce at the rear.

That new P1 front end new LED headlights mark the 650S out from the 12C, with a more integrated front splitter increasing downforce and door blades behind the front wheels directing air from the trailing edges of the splitter for better front end grip.

Actually, the BT62 delivers more downforce than its own weight, thanks to the aggressive aerodynamic package: more than 1,200 kg (2,645 lb) of downforce to be precise.

The carbon fiber rear spoiler is the highlight of a more aggressive aero package, which also incorporates STI front, rear and side underspoilers for better downforce and stability.