Sentences with phrase «traction limit»
The phrase "traction limit" refers to the maximum amount of grip or traction that can be exerted by a vehicle's tires on the road surface. It indicates the point at which the tires start to lose their ability to grip the road, leading to slipping or sliding. Full definition
Once the tarmac gets cold and wet the advantages of the Cup 2s diminish, and the CS becomes as unmanageable and as traction limited as the early M4s.
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Floor the throttle at rest and a little chirrup from the rear tyres (even in the dry) reveals that acceleration can be a little traction limited so it's even more impressive on the move, where the quiet motor just adds speed in a relentless surge.
The 308 can often feel traction limited on cold and wet tarmac and you frequently hold back from deploying the full boost.
That's despite a 200 kg weight penalty, underlining how traction limited the standard car is.
Consciously competent pilots will make big laptime gains when they learn how to push the front end to speeds and cornering loads that a traditional supercar just can't get thanks to the rear wing's assistance in getting the car turned towards the apex without pushing the front end past traction limits.
Of course, your acceleration is traction limited in oh, the first two and half gears or so, which means there is skill involved both in exploiting the power to the maximum and keeping the car in one piece, or at least pointing in the proper direction.
When cornering traction limits are exceeded its perfect 50:50 weight balance — aided by a carbon - fibre prop shaft, bonnet, roof, rear spoiler and side skirts — clever rear - wheel torque vectoring and limited - slip diff lend themselves to progressive, predictable oversteer.
Posi - Traction limited slips were optional in the rear.
Torque distribution on the front and rear axles, which is fully variable for the first time, ensures optimum traction right up to the physical traction limit.
Some 4 wheel drive cars use a centre viscous coupling unit that will provide most power to the rear wheels unless the amount of torque being supplied to the rear wheels is in excess of the traction limits of the rear tyres, such as in a Lamborghini Murciélago.
The size of the electric motor and the resulting gearing between the electric motor and the road wheels delivers a maximum torque infill during gearshifts of up to 60 % of the traction limit for a typical supercar, delivering a substantial improvement to an AMT's particular weakness of shift comfort during urban driving.
That was OK — we still had the gorgeous, 4.1 miles of MMC to push this car to its new, presumably higher, traction limit, right?
When the traction limit is finally reached, the XRS pushes its nose in a mild and controllable understeer.
But try to drive inside the traction limits rather than skirting the edge all the time.