Sentences with phrase «more downforce on»

Additional splitter and flaps generate significantly more downforce on the front axle.

To fine - tune the Clubsport versions to give them extra stability, the aerodynamics measures generate more downforce on the rear axle than on the front axle.

The lower lip in front is half an inch lower to add more downforce on that axle.

The front spoiler lip is however 15 millimetres or almost 0.6 «lower to provide significantly more downforce on the front axle.

Not exact matches

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.

While many teams have gone down the shark fin route Mercedes (who have tested a shark fin but generally run without it) seem to be more focused on the T - wing, which is designed to try and give the cars even more downforce.

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.

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.

Take the Ferrari 488 GTB: It creates 50 percent more downforce than its predecessor, the 458 Italia, with no brash add - ons.

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.

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.

Anything with downforce can take a lot more speed into the corner and — especially at Snetterton — will not be braking in the same places, or on the same bumps.

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.

It has more downforce and more grip; the Michelin race tires are 2.5 inches wider than the tires on a Nextel Cup Monte Carlo.

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 ZR1 will offer two aero packages: a standard rear Low Wing, which delivers the highest top speed, and an available two - way - adjustable High Wing that offers maximum downforce on the track for the quickest lap times — about 60 percent more downforce than the Z06 with the available Z07 Performance Package.

As the new Z06 is considerably more powerful than the base Stingray, it needed some extra downforce to keep it planted on the race track.

Every surface on the car has been honed for aerodynamics, but the AMR Pro Valkyrie also gets a larger front and rear wing for more downforce.

And the high - mounted rear wing on the GT3 Cup car is nine inches wider than the wing on the RS version, for more downforce.

The rear wing is complemented by additional carbon - fiber flics on the front skirt, which further increase downforce at the front axle, as opposed to the more inward - lying standard carbon - fiber flics, which optimize airflow into the cooling modules.

There's no word on performance specs as of this writing, but given that the BT62 tips the scales at only 972 kg (2,143 pounds) and generates more than 1,200 kg (2,646 pounds) of downforce, it's safe to assume that the supercar hits 60 mph in less than three seconds.

More details are expected, including the additional downforce claims when the aero kit goes on sale in the next few months.

The louvers in the fenders, however, are functional, grabbing wind from the front canards and reducing low pressure on the sides of the Aero's body and making more front downforce.

On top of giving the R8 and the TT a more race - inspired look, they also improve downforce.

As yet a further point the car's aerodynamics develop even more downforce than on the GT3, again benefiting the qualities of the car on the race track.

As a final option for the rear wing, you can get the adjustable system from 1016 Industries, quick release pins combined with custom - made bearings allow a simple, yet strong way to perform adjustments based on what the customer wants to achieve at that time... more downforce or maximum top speed.

Using an angle of the lower section, the airflow underneath the body is improved while downforce is increased and the front radiator gets more air directed onto them, with the use of vertical fins on the side cool air is directed into the wheel wells better for better disk brake cooling.

The new GT3 offers increased grip and stability at high speeds, courtesy of specific modifications to the car's aerodynamics which have increased downforce front and rear to such an extent that the overall air pressure pushing down on the car is more than twice as great as on the former model.

The concept also rides on 20 - inch wheels and a carbon fiber front splitter adds more downforce to keep the concept's front tires planted on the ground.