Sentences with phrase «of wheel spin»

More features include launch control and a smoky burnout program — the latter permitting a degree of wheel spin while the car is traveling at low speeds.

In certain situations — e.g. track driving — it allows a greater degree of wheel spin.

As an example, a lot of down - force is produced by the rear wing assembly of a current Formula 1 car; however in 2008 the effect of wheel spin on wing performance can play an important role in rear wing design.

From a little less than 6000 rpm, the Viper uncoils in a faint whiff of wheel spin and tire smoke on its way to a 0 -60-mph time in the low three second range.

With all that torque, this thing could probably be quite a little burnout machine, but at the first hint of wheel spin, any thoughts about acceleration are immediately banished by the traction control.

All that power going to the front wheels did produce a bit of wheel spin from a stop, but thanks to the electric power steering, there wasn't any torque steer.

It's an «intelligent» system that ensures each wheel is only sent power when and if it's able to effectively deploy it, so there's little risk of wheels spinning fruitlessly on slippery ground.

Even if they didn't feel quite as quick off the line as the old XR6T — probably because of the absolute lack of wheel spin with traction control on or off, in Sport mode — subsequent runs on different surfaces throughout the day were the same or a tenth or two slower, proving the XR6 Sprint is consistently quick in a variety of conditions.

Pull back the doors of the unassuming façade on Friday and Saturday nights to uncover the sounds of wheels spinning to DJ - supplied funk, disco, and rock music.

Please learn from the experimentation (read: mistakes that has resulted in months if not years of wheel spinning) that I have done.

I tried to shoot a video of this wheel spinning on the balancer.

The system works flawlessly in the dry, turning first - and second - gear hairpins that would normally be a festival of wheel spin into perfectly controllable four - wheel drift - a-thons.

Winter tires made the MX - 5 exercise possible; otherwise, all we'd experience is a static display of wheel spin.

For comparison's sake, I temporarily punched up Sport mode, only to find traction control aggressively cutting in at the first sign of wheel spin, a condition making for much jitterier climbs.

Far from Orange County's suburban chaos, I was able to test the R8's launch control, and I'd wager the R8's lack of wheel spin translates to a faster sprint than Audi lets on.

The electric propulsion component of the crossover is intended to assist with low speed acceleration and maintain traction in the event of wheel spin, and it also offers three miles of all - electric driving.

A SNOW mode slows accelerator - pedal response to help reduce the possibility of wheel spin.

Given some stick, with the transmission in Sport mode or manual mode, the Multivan did produce torque steer in the lower gears, and although the differential worked hard to contain the torque, there were brief moments of wheel spin once the turbo was on boost.

We are concerned that the hiring of Piper Jaffray & Co. may be a ploy to continue to justify its pattern of wheel spinning and protection of jobs over what is best for the owners of the business.

There is no need to balance the throttle to lessen the likelihood of wheel spin — you're already travelling at 100km / h before you are granted control.

Not to be a Debbie downer but boy I just see a lot of wheel spinning in those areas..

«Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix» begins with a lot of wheel spinning, and it ends before anything really happens.

Exploiting an automatic launch - control system not available on U.S. models, the Ferrari bolted to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds without a whiff of wheel spin and through the quarter mile in 11.7 seconds.

Hit the gas, and the 4Motion all - wheel drive digs in to push the car out of corners without a hint of wheel spin.

Dubbed «ESC Sport», you can simply switch off traction control to allow a bit of wheel spin, or turn down the stability control program's interference significantly, allowing even more wheel slip before the electronics cut in.

If your tires have an acceptable amount of tread, you'll find it easy to maneuver your vehicle along a variety of road conditions without the risk of wheel spin or hydroplaning.

Get all four wheels off the ground (either take it to a shop and put it on a lift, or put it on four jack stands), give it some gas, and have somebody check if all of the wheels spin.

Lots of wheel spin, etc..

Unfortunately, F1 2013's handling is nightmare, a lot of understeer in low speed corner and massive oversteer in high speed corners, lose back - end, a lot of wheel spin, and finally a very depressing player interface, racing game experience is so boring

But, as we know, without careful leadership and management on litigation teams, a lot of wheel spinning and lack of focus is likely.

Some of the highs have been quite good, while other moments did a lot of wheel spinning and killing time.