Sentences with phrase «wheel hop»

Aluminum lower control arms have been added out back in an effort to minimize wheel hop.

The upside to this rigid construction is enhanced directional control and reduced chances of wheel hop, but the downside is that is will likely make the ride a tad bit uncomfortable.

There's a suspension tuning called Drag Mode which manages weight transfer to the rear axle for better traction, while the Drag Mode Launch Assist protects the driveline from wheel hops at launch by fluctuating the torque delivery.

Launch Assist reduces loads in the driveline from wheel hop by more than 15 - 20 percent, dramatically reducing component damage.

The suspension had front and rear anti-rollbars and a special leaf, in the rear, tipped with a rubber snubber, that acted as a ladder bar and controlled rear wheel hop during hard acceleration.

A downside of this layout, however, is that in soft sand the rear wheels hop violently with anything but the slightest application of power.

The front end wheel hops on slippery surface when accelerating quickly.

Where the 997 would remain perfectly stable, the S triggers its ABS as the front wheels hop and skip over the surface.

A few too many launches or violent wheel hop episodes can prove too much for the brittle, die - cast differential cover to bear.

«Inexplicable» is the only word for this premature incapacitation: What kind of front - wheel - drive car can't control wheel hop with a mere 170 hp?

In simple terms, wheel hop happens when tires quickly slip and regain traction at launch, rapidly storing up and releasing energy in the driveline.

The latest are the roachlike RHex and four - wheeled hopping Sand Flea.

Oh, and optional magnetorheological engine mounts to mitigate wheel hop during aggressive launches.

Rear driveshafts of asymmetrical thickness negate wheel hop during hard launches.

These rebadged Holdens aren't often modified to this extent, thanks to part scarcity, claustrophobic rear axle area, and an independent rear suspension that is prone to nasty wheel hop.

We love the technology in the ZL1 (and ZR1 and Cadillac CTS - V) that uses uneven - length axle shafts that work with the limited - slip diff to throw them out of phase and minimize wheel hop under hard acceleration.

If you own a vehicle equipped with rear leaf spring suspension, you have probably felt wheel hop or axlewrap during hard acceleration or while climbing a steep obstacle in the dirt.

Fail to slow down enough when hitting an on / off ramp and you can feel hints of a skidding wheel hop developing.

Suspension was upgraded with a select combination of products assembled by BMR Suspension, that according to Ben, is a street car package designed to eliminate wheel hop without adding a lot of noise vibration and harshness (NVH).

To keep wheel hop to a minimum, the rear halfshafts are asymmetrical and the active dampers have software to maximize rear grip when launching from a standstill — again technology from the Corvette ZR1.

A stronger transaxle and higher - performance tires considerably reduce wheel hop - a factor that made last year's model hard to handle.

Drag Mode suspension tuning, which maximizes weight transfer to the rear wheels for better traction, and Drag Mode Launch Assist, which uses wheel speed sensors to watch for driveline - damaging wheel hop at launch and in milliseconds modifies the engine torque to regain full grip

Cringe slightly as the R - compound Toyo Proxes RA - 1 tires chatter, but revel in the ferocious acceleration despite the resultant violent wheel hop.

Two hundred horsepower is no longer a lot, but (especially with this rather touchy throttle) it's enough to make the Eos squirm under acceleration and squeal its tires while the front wheels hop up and down and chatter.

And unlike previous 911s, this happens with no wheel hop at all.

The performance is physical, the shriek of the supercharger drills into your skull, you on track you can clearly see the wheels hopping over kerbs, and you can feel the vibrations of the engine and fizzing rear wheels through the fixed plastic seat (the only thing we might change as it's hellishly uncomfortable for certain shapes and sizes).

There's no wheel hop and there's no torque steer.

There's no torque steer or wheel hop.

Indeed, with the bed empty, flooring the accelerator caused «wheel hop.»

What you get for your hard - earned dollars is maximum hook up, better launch, no wheel hop, improved cornering, better handling in all kinds of weather, and a system virtually invisible from any angle.

There is no wheel hop to speak of and only a tiny amount of lift on acceleration and dive on braking.

Production car first: Drag - mode Launch Assist SRT engineers went digital to isolate and resolve one of the biggest challenges to clean launches and driveline integrity — wheel hop.

Volkswagen was also able to fine - tune the ESC software on this basis: even though the traction control intervenes later in the Golf GTI Clubsport S and the torque is reduced less, when it does intervene, the «wheel hop» of the front wheels, typical of powerful front - wheel drive cars at maximum acceleration, is practically eliminated.

Rebound control at both cruising and high speeds is excellent, too, with no wheel hop detected even over bigger, more sudden bumps.

It is awesome getting the car fully into first gear and then putting your foot down, besides some wheel hop, you'll get chirping from both sides at the tires try to hook up.

It does exhibit some wheel hop on launching and hard shifts, but I think that's more a function of the new, grippy tires.

It monitors wheel speed at launch to control wheel spin and driveline - damaging wheel hop.

Hard launches return some wheel hop, which partly is due to the cold weather and summer tires.

Under the skin, Mazda has made the MX - 6 sturdier - and that may help reduce torque steer and wheel hop, two problems road testers have criticized the MX - 6 for in its first few years.