Sentences with phrase «on road cars»

The custom tube - frame chassis is not at all based on the road car's chassis and the 6 - speed gearbox delivers power to the rear wheels.

The timeline was dependent on the road car because we had to wait for that development.

In 1936, the company decided to concentrate on road cars.

Oh, and those lovely carbon - ceramic brakes on the road car?

I have spent a small fortune on my road cars over the years, even though I intellectually know I can never use the performance on the street.

Thanks to its versatility and its reliability on the road this car is an excellent option for a wide variety of drivers.

Ironically, some features developed for high - speed running never worked well on racing cars but found their home on road cars.

Aerodynamics are why the Senna looks the way it does, designed to produce genuine performance enhancing downforce for the track via active - aerodynamics like no other seen on a road car.

The use of balance shafts allowed Porsche to use a 3.0 L (2,990 cc) inline - four engine on road cars first in the 944 S2, but the largest modern non-diesel was the 3,186 cc (194.4 cu in) Pontiac inline - 4 produced from one half of the Division's 6,373 cc (388.9 cu in) V8 for the debut of its 1961 Tempest.

Each Öhlins shock absorber is fitted with a new electronic valve, installed for the first time on any road car in conjunction with Öhlins shock absorbers.

BMW has yet to confirm whether the seats will be available on the road car, but we suspect the matte finished carbonfibre trim will be.

The most striking element is the large, fixed rear wing, which sits 400 mm above the bodywork, 100 mm more than the adjustable rear wing on the road car at its highest setting.

Porsche also had to go through a frightening level of bureaucracy to homologate the vents on the front wheelarches - so much so that Andreas Preuninger thinks they may well never appear on another road car.

Trofeo racers utilise a modified 5.2 V10 from the road car, rated at 602bhp which is slightly up on the road car

Audi has already paid homage to how much Le Mans has had an influence on their road cars, and now there's a video directly celebrating years of success in endurance racing.

The R has been developed by Peugeot Sport, the first time it has had its mitts on a road car since the 205 T16.

Solid aluminium shift paddles look they could withstand the most aggressive of downshifts, unlike the spindly units on the road car

Spoilers don't have an underside; they simply deflect airflow from its path and are used mainly as pop - up devices on road cars.

It didn't take long for STI to start working on road cars, either.

It's worth noting that all forward gears have been synchro'd since the 70s - 80s on road cars.

I have 245 wide tires on my Evo X GSR and when braking depending on the grooves on the road car might or might not pull to one side.

Further clarifying the Super Trofeo's feedback is a hydraulic steering system that replaces the electromechanical setup on the road car.

On the road car front, albeit fully equipped for racing, is a 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS.

«The idea is to develop system that can be used on road cars like the next 458 and the next F12.»

Luxuries featured on the road car, such as the heater and infotainment screens, have been ditched to save weight.

Our highly qualified master technicians can carry out servicing on all road cars, from the standard family hatch back to the latest Lamborghini, Ferrari, Aston Martin... We are the only independent dealer with full Ferrari SDX Diagnostics and the Lamborghini LARAS Diagnostics systems.

Whilst the DBRS9 was effectively based on the road car DB9, it has many features of the full GT1 spec DBR9.

Noticeable at first sight are the air outlet slots, the so - called louvres, on the nose panel which otherwise would cover the luggage area on the road car.

The new rear - wheel drive Huracán GT3 adopts the V10 direct injection engine mounted on the road car, managed by a Bosch Motorsport control unit that also manages traction control, gearbox and the TFT display on the dashboard.

Innovative flat - six engines derived from four decades of turbocharging used in racing and on road cars not only make this the fastest 911 Carrera ever, but also provide abundant torque for superior passing power.

Luckily, after the F1 showed the world what it was made of, McLaren decided to continue the theme on its road cars, designing every model around carbon tubs ever since.

GT car classes are quite closely based on road cars thus the DB9 race variant was the DBR9, the V8 Vantage race variants are the V8 Vantage N24 / GT4 GT2 and GTE.

On the exterior, the electric pop - up headlamps were replaced either with fixed units (similar to those which appeared later on the road cars in 1999) or with open ducting for the front brakes.

«If we can have a World Endurance Championship racing car with hybrid technology, it can happen on a road car,» Johan van Zyl, the president of Toyota's European division, told British magazine Auto Express.

Last week we introduced the idea of undercar aerodynamics on road cars.

The uptick in the use of carbon fiber on road cars to decrease curb weight thus increasing fuel efficiency is a perfect example of the benefit of motorsports technology.

«Formula E wants to become the platform where car manufacturers test and develop the technologies that they will then introduce on their road cars.

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Big tech firms are competing with traditional car companies like Ford to map our world in the detail required to get driverless cars on the road

Cadillac, Acura, Nissan and Mazda are all entering DPi cars, but it's the latter with the most distinctive car thanks to having smoother, flowing lines and elliptical mouth seen on its road cars.

ROSAMOND, California — 755 hp is a number many didn't believe would ever be available on a road car.

Lastly on the aerodynamic trickery is the world's first top mounted, movable rear wing on a road car, inspiration for which was taken from Le Mans racers to increase the efficiency of the underside of the wing.

However, in 2012, the team decided to return to its Aston Martin's racing heritage and race cars based on its road cars.

ATL: 5 of first 8 games on the road ARI: 5 of first 8 games on the road CAR: 5 of first 8 games on the road NO: 4 of first 7 games on the road NYG: 4 of first 6 games on the road NYJ: 4 of first 7 games on the road PHI: 4 of first 6 games on the road; 5 of first 8 on the road SF: 4 of first 6 games on the road; 5 of first 8 on the road SEA: 4 of first 7 games on the road TEN: 4 of first 7 games on the road