Sentences with phrase «softer damper tuning»

Not exact matches

Part of the handling about - face can be attributed to chassis surgery — everything from front spring and damper tuning (softer) to engine mount calibration (stiffer) was tweaked to accommodate the manual gearbox's lighter weight — but most of it is simple physics.

McLaren includes the same suspension setup as the 570S, complete with adjustable dampers, but it's tuned to be 15 percent softer up front and 10 percent softer in the rear.

All told, the Spider weighs only 50 kilos more than the coupe (for comparison, opting for an Audi R8 Spyder adds around 100 kilos to the coupe's weight) and, as you might expect, Ferrari's engineers have made various mechanical adjustments to finesse the car for its perceived clientele: slightly softer damper rates (though the spring and anti-roll bar settings are unchanged), a gentler throttle map (more on this is a moment) and specific induction and exhaust tuning to re-master the 458's V8 soundtrack for maximum aural gratification.

The more rigid body allowed Ferrari to tune the suspension identically to the coupe, where previously the adaptive dampers were a little softer in Wet mode.

It also wears HPD (high performance dampers) as part of its suspension setup, though the units in the local K5 aren't the Sachs dampers with the Australian - defined tune, but rather a slightly softer tune to accommodate our diverse road surface conditions; we're told that it offers enhanced handling without sacrificing ride comfort.