Sentences with phrase «weight over the front wheels»

Drive harder, transferring more weight over the front wheels into corners, and it improves somewhat, but it's still too vague and quells some of the confidence the car's competent chassis and myriad diff settings otherwise build.

An aluminum hood reduces weight over the front wheels, enhancing steering response.

Under heavy braking, with all of the weight over the front wheels and the back end feeling like it's off the ground, the tail would wag considerably.

I could drag my left foot on the brake on corner entry, keeping the weight over the front wheels, and the MDX would turn like a sonofabitch.

Not exact matches

The weight distribution has been engineered to be incredibly responsive, so you won't need to «hop» the front wheel up curbs or over rocks.

It has 12.5» front wheels and 16» rear wheels to ensure a smooth ride over many different kinds of terrain, and it has a weight capacity of 100 lb., 50 in each seat.

There's no hiding the weight of that big engine over the front wheels and a tendency to push in corners, yet there's a lot to like about the AMG on the racetrack.

On front driven cars, the motor sits about over the front axles, which means any torque applied to the frame by the motor would not cause an increase or decrease of «weight» on the front wheels, only on the rear wheels.

The weight gain of adding the ALL4 system would be nominal according to the report, with an increase of just 134 pounds over the equivalent front - wheel - drive Clubman.

There's more body roll than I'd expected, considering spring rates are up by 33 percent at the front and 38 percent out back over the Focus ST.. But that only enhances the feedback that pours back through to the driver's seat, allowing you to use the weight transfer in combination with the agility and balance created by the all - wheel - drive system to dissect a corner with confidence and pinpoint accuracy.

As well as replacing the bulky and complex Active Body Control (ABC) suspension hardware with more straightforward coil - over damper units at the corners in the best motorsport tradition (ride height, wheel alignment and camber can all be adjusted for track work), AMG's engineers have plumped out the track by 97 mm at the front and 85 mm at the rear to exploit the new spring links, camber struts, pull / push rods and weight - optimised aluminium wheel carriers developed in conjunction with German motorsport specialists KW.

For a stationary vehicle the total weight of the car (W, which equals M * g) is distributed over the front and rear wheels according to the distance of the rear and front axle to the CM (c and b respectively): Wf = (c / L) * W Wr = (b / L) * W where b is the distance from CG to front axle, c the distance from CG to rear axle and L is the wheelbase.

With weight cut by up to 100 kg, a new bold front end, central exhaust and big spoiler — as well as a more aggressive body kit — the GT R is expected to come with four - wheel steering and active dynamics, as well as a boost in power over the 4.0 litre GT S to something around 550bhp.

Trail braking to move the weight onto the front wheels does aid turning, but given its supple ride and amount of roll these conditions should see it shine over its harder - riding opposition.

We also off er the Vorsteiner Forged monoblock 20x9J front and 21x13J rear wheels mounted on Pirelli P - Zero tires, which feature measurable weight savings over the original factory wheels.

Given the weight bias over the front wheels the Mazda6 proved to be remarkably neutral to the feel.

On snow, ice, and sand, rear - wheel drive loses its traction advantage to front or all - wheel - drive vehicles which have greater weight over the driven wheels.

However, since front - wheel - drive cars have the weight of the engine over the driving wheels, the problem only applies in extreme conditions such as attempting to accelerate up a wet hill or attempting to beat another RWD car off the line.

Because the Miata is light (it weighs just 2,220 pounds) and its weight is perfectly balanced (50 percent over the front wheels, 50 percent over the rear), the car is quick, agile and exhilarating to drive.

- * Inline 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine - * 168 horsepower at 6,600 rpm - * 151 pound - feet of torque at 4,800 rpm - * FWD only - * Could use a pinch more torque - * Six - speed manual with iMT is newbie friendly - * Pedal placement makes heel - toe very difficult - * Sequential Shiftmatic CVT gets 10 simulated gears - * Electronic parking brake - * Lightweight and stiff platform - * Just over 3,000 pounds for curb weight - * Revised suspension geometry front and back - * Four - wheel disc brakes

Chassis KW coil overs Variant 3 KW club sport suspension with alloy top mountings Eibach billet spacer pack with titanium wheel nuts Eibach front and rear «hollow» light weight anti roll bars GTC rose jointed top arms 400 mm Top Secret Big Brake conversion front and rear (This is only used for Road and track use not Drag)

TOM: On small cars, front - wheel drive provides better wet / snowy weather traction because the weight of the engine and transmission is right over the driven wheels.

The Honda Civic Type R, on the other hand, is based on a car whose fundamentals are clearly and inherently wrong from a performance perspective: drive goes to the front wheels, the engine bay won't take a six - cylinder motor and the weight is all over the front axle.

The XR6 also points slightly better than the XR8, no doubt due to its 54 kg kerb weight advantage, most of which is over the front wheels (the XR6 auto weighs 1818 kg, with the XR8 manual at 1869 kg and the auto at 1872 kg).

Because the weight is over the front wheels, this is considered by some to offer superior traction on slippery surfaces.