Sentences with phrase «under throttle»

But that wasn't what had us concerned on the roads around the office, it was the chassis, specifically its behaviour under throttle load.

The vacuum hose to the valve cover is not to be under engine vacuum but rather under throttle vacuum.

The six - pot is undoubtedly more pleasurable to drive - it picks up sooner, moves with more conviction under every throttle input, and sounds creamy smooth even at higher revs.

I've only experienced issues with crank sensors under throttle, but I'll keep your experience in mind.

Executive editor Todd Lassa says it shakes more at idle than the Camry four - cylinder, plus it makes, «an awful noise, especially under throttle tip - in.»

The car rotates so precisely under throttle that there's a whiff of the same calculating, computerized machinations that are the essence of a Nissan GT - R.

It retains a characteristic Italian snarl under throttle that you crave hearing over and over again.

FPP is intended to improve the driver's ability, by varying steering - wheel torque, to sense when the car is approaching its cornering limits, while FPO modulates steering torque when exiting turns under throttle — guiding the driver into making the proper inputs to counter any oversteer.

A torque - vectoring rear differential still makes the X5 and X6 M rotate like an oversized Mitsubishi Evo under throttle.

The rear - engine configuration keeps the back wheels planted under throttle almost as well as the all - wheel - drive GT - R, and with skillful applications of liftoff oversteer, the Porsche rounded the course about a second and a half faster than the Lotus.

Physics says the nose - heavy GT - R should understeer hilariously, and the Dunlop tires howl to that effect as it enters the first turn, but Nissan's sophisticated all - wheel - drive system shuffles power adroitly to keep the suspension balanced under throttle.

On a more serious note, the flat - four sounds thrashiest of the five cars under throttle, and the paddle shifters seem superfluous in doing anything interesting with the continuously variable transmission, which we quickly deemed second - best of the two CVTs in this comparo.

The noise from within the car is never deafening or too loud, but the extra volume and harder edge to the noise under throttle adds some welcome drama.

The torque - vectoring rear differential, which carries over virtually unchanged from the previous model, still works wonders at getting this big vehicle to rotate under throttle.

Most important, the engine revs out cleanly to redline, so you have excitement under your throttle foot all across the face of the tachometer, even with a plain old five - speed transmission.

This is done because drifters often use left - foot braking to balance the car's weight transfer during a drift, floating more or less weight on the nose under throttle by modulating the brakes.

Perhaps it's a safety - first approach by BMW's chassis engineers given the ease with which the M3 lights up the rear tyres under throttle.

From day one this truck has had a shudder or shake at start under throttle until it shifts out of first.

Introduce that response to a less - than - perfect road surface, and the MINI will follow cambers and tramline slightly under throttle; there's electronic differential locking as part of the MINI Clubman's expansive electronic control repertoire, however, a mechanical system would be more capable of handling the torque delivery.

Accelerating out of pitlane (the six - speed manual is an agreeably slick - shifting unit, and having three pedals really suits the character of this car) the added poke is evident from the outset, even though under throttle the sound quality from the bigger - bore exhaust system isn't hugely different from lesser Golf GTIs (there are far more pops and crackles on the overrun though).

Turn off the newly available stability control, flick the Evo's tail out, and the chassis simply sorts itself under throttle.

The downside is that the engine has a distinct growl to it under throttle.

Or consider the all - new Dynamic Control system, a mind - boggling ride and handling assist that employs sensors in the A-pillar and steering - to gauge levels of body roll and steering input under throttle - to engage pump - driven front and rear antisway bars (via an internal motor in each sway bar) to compensate for excess body lean.

With the 6,300 - rpm max revs of the 2.0 T motor revving at will under throttle, the sound becomes completely uncharacteristic of a $ 100,000 four - door anything.