Sentences with phrase «much torque at»

Be careful to not give it any throttle when taking off — you have way too much torque at your command and things like your driveshaft will break.

So much torque at low engine speeds means oversteer on demand in second and third gears, but the car never unsettles itself, most of the time requiring a smidgeon of opposite lock while the awd system takes care of the rest.

The 6.2 L supercharged engine makes so much torque at idle that, unchecked, the Hellcat will comfortably idle itself through four gears and cruise at 34 mph without your foot on the gas at all.

«This car's performance isn't measured by horsepower, but it is so smooth and has so much torque at the bottom that it really accelerates,» said Andretti.

Not exact matches

However, that only applies to newbie lifters... at some point you become perfectly efficient (or as much as you can be) and the only way to increase torque is with more muscle mass.

After all, even if we get stronger overall, if the angle of peak torque changes, then we will find that some joint angles increase hugely in strength, while others do not improve strength very much at all.

It accelerates much like the Bugatti, too, with just enough torque to slip all four wheels at launch but the grip to reach triple - digit speeds in the time that a quick sport sedan hits 60 mph.

With so much torque, available at just 2,000 rpm, the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Duramax diesel has a maximum trailering capacity of 7,700 pounds on rear - wheel - drive models and 7,600 pounds for four - wheel - drive models.

It reveals a maximum boost pressure of 23.2 psi, twice as much as Porsche quotes for the Turbo, along with 516 lb - ft of torque at 2250 rpm.

GM engineers boast that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 provides not only much more torque than previous Corvette Z06 and ZR - 1 models, but also a more flexible torque curve for better on - demand power at any rpm.

Upshifts and downshifts are prompt and smooth, even at take - off — so much so that I had to double - check the spec sheet to verify that this was, indeed, a twin - clutch transmission and not a traditional torque - converter automatic.

Maximum power here is 261bhp, and it develops half as much torque again as the 20d at 457 lb ft.. There's more weight to lug around - 70 kg more, in fact - but the 30d still manages to reach 60mph in 5.8 seconds from rest and go on to 149mph.

At 2000rpm the engine has to deliver only half of the torque, and 2000rpm isn't even much.

Peak power and torque comes much later in the powerband too, with 552bhp at 7500rpm and 557 lb ft at 4750rpm.

Too often while at a tire shop (Merchants, NTB, whatever), I'll see the guys rocking the car to assist (well what they think is assisting) in the torque process, which will actually over torque a lug nut without too much issue.

The flat torque curve also means that there's solid urge available pretty much throughout the rev range, giving a diesel - like surge for overtaking, and the engine is also happy to pull very tall gearing (2200rpm at 75mph in sixth) without complaint.

Total peak power is 122bhp and while the motor's 14bhp contribution doesn't sound much, look at it in torque terms (58 lb ft, to add to the engine's 107 lb ft) and it starts to make sense.

There's so much torque with the manual than I can drive around town in 6th gear at 30 mph saving gas.

To the second point, though the Turbo is hardly in Mazdaspeed 3 territory when it comes to torque steer, there's still a definite feeling that there's not much traction to spare when you nail the throttle at low speeds.

Sitting at the top of the new GLE range, it's powered by Mercedes» 5.5 - litre twin - turbo V8, which pushes as much as 560 lb ft of torque to all four wheels from just 1750rpm.

All 456 twin - turbocharged horses are available at 5,500 rpm, with peak torque of 480 lb - ft reached much earlier, at a mere 1,800 rpm.

The turbo - six makes 320 hp (up from 300 before), and while that's shy of that XE 35t, its 330 lb - ft of torque arrives much sooner in the rev range — at just 1,380 rpm versus 4,500 rpm in the Jaguar.

Yet with so much torque available at such low revs, the Audi still accelerates strongly.

With so much weight to contend with, and the engine's torque peak at 4600 rpm, the transmission is very busy, regularly sending the engine well up into the rev range, where it made lots more sound than fury.

The throttle response is crisp and alert with the twin - turbos spooling smoothly and quickly to deliver the 420 lb ft of torque at 2000rpm, and from there the SLC43 shows its hand over the out going V8 by revving much quicker and getting into its stride so much earlier.

The 2016 Nissan Titan XD launches with its much - hyped Cummins engine, a 5.0 - liter turbodiesel that's rated for 310 hp at 3,200 rpm and 550 lb - ft of torque at 1,600 rpm.

At low speeds there is way to much torque steer, you're never really sure which direction you will be heading off in.

By offering so much instant torque at the low end of the rev range, the engine has enough grunt that the six - speed automatic doesn't have to downshift often.

These turbocharged engines are as much as 25 per cent more powerful and 15 per cent more efficient than the units they replace, and are accompanied by a naturally aspirated 123bhp / 117 lb ft of torque (at 6000 / 4000rpm) 1.6 - litre in the petrol line - up.

It's smaller in displacement at 3.9 liters but posts much bigger numbers in both horsepower (661) and torque (561).

The torque and efficiency of the model's 3.0 - liter V - 6 is proving compelling to truck shoppers, so much that Ram increased the Ecodiesel's presence in the production mix to 20 percent at the end of September.

The way diesels deliver power is a lot like old - school American V - 8 engines — loads of torque down low, and not much power at high rpms.

The rear axle is disengaged until the computer detects the front tires slipping, at which point as much as 50 percent of the engine's torque can be shuffled to the back.

However, Marcos is confident that the GT2 is a unique proposition: slightly more supple, easier to drive both at low speeds and when extending the bulletproof Chevy V8, as much about low - end torque as high - rev drama, and less outrageous in its smooth, sophisticated suit.

It's not the easiest car to get going in — whatever engine management tweaks have been made cause the engine to hunt at low revs and there's so much torque that it's hard to use the first two gears smoothly.

There are some curious suspension traits too: the rear axle goes out of its way to help you into fast turns, there's sway at the top of the damper travel and you always seem to exit corners with too much lock on, the weighted front wheel struggling to deal with the torque and angle.

Big torque — as much as 129 lb - ft peaking at 5250 rpm — moves this big bike with ease at any speed, in any gear.

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.

The chassis has some understeer dialled - in to it — perhaps a bit too much at this stage — but despite it's huge dimensions and sheer torque on offer, it's an easy car to exploit.

And because the car is so much better balanced under power across all speeds, this has allowed the engineers to send much more torque to the rear axle at any given time.

Because the all - wheel - drive Sorento is relatively heavy (3737 pounds) and the engine doesn't make that much low - end torque (181 lb - ft at 4250 rpm), the automatic transmission hunts up and down with annoying frequency.

And what's the purpose of looking down to see how much torque you're delivering at any particular moment?

All the horses check in by 3300 rpm, but you rarely rev much past the torque peak of 49 lb - ft at 2000 rpm.

Open it up at low rpm, and BMW says the engine can go into a temporary overboost mode that cranks out as much as 370 pounds - feet of torque.

Although it doesn't have as much twist or any rear - steer at its disposal, the NSX and its comparably swift - shifting nine - speed auto pull off exactly the same trick, mitigating the potential lag - boost effects of its twin turbos with immediate throttle response, the right gear and the full weight of the electric motors» precisely vectored torque.

With at least 160 hp and 148 lbs - ft of torque, these engines optimize air flow for maximum efficiency, increase power by 10 percent, and it also reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 10 percent.

The torque converter is the part of your car that handles how much fluid is passed on to the automatic transmission and allows your engine to continue running while at a complete stop.

A peak torque figure of 112 lb ft doesn't sound much, but when it arrives at 3000rpm it endows VW's tiddler with surging low - rev flexibility that melds cleanly with the zing of top - end power.

However, the 2.0 - liter brings an additional 21 lb - ft of torque to the table, all of which is available at a much lower rpm.

88 kilowatts may not sound much, but the 190Nm of torque comes in at a lowish 2000rpm to help with mid-range response, making the 1.2 - litre turbo feel a lot bigger than it is and dealing effectively with the Captur's 1215 kg kerb weight.