Sentences with phrase «wheelspin in»

The new TORSEN LSD keeps wheelspin in check, preserving the rear tires and ensuring that the car goes in the general direction you're pointing when you mash the throttle.

Under hard acceleration, we did get some wheelspin in 1st and even 2nd gear!

Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) helps you maintain your steered path, while the Traction Control System (TCS) helps reduce wheelspin in low - traction situations.

Despite its off - road pretensions, the Peugeot 2008 is front - wheel - drive only, but versions fitted with a system called Grip Control offer some off - road capability by limiting wheelspin in slippery conditions.

They keep wheelspin in check and help us creep over obstacles we would otherwise avoid in our Four Seasons Jeep Cherokee.

Too much low down torque meant rampant wheelspin in most gears.

Not exact matches

I once described Evil Dead 3 (a.k.a. Army of Darkness) as «the cinematic equivalent of wheelspin», and this film does clearly go in circles until its audience is exhausted.

One bajillion gallons of petrol, 2800 wheelspins later and 28 Vin Diesel muscle vests later, the Fast & Furious franchise is still going strong with number eight underway and, now, release dates in place for episodes nine and ten.

The original car's rampant wheelspin was later tempered by a limited - slip differential, which means the front end feels tied - down in a way it never did originally.

No wheelspin (thanks to an electronic AWD system that preemptively sends power rearward), but also not so much in the way of acceleration.

I reckon I'm using about 20 per cent of the throttle's travel in first gear, maybe 30 per cent in second, and still it refuses to hook up, leaving me trying to judge the fragile margin where grip dissolves into messy wheelspin.

Two 1960s muscle cars wobble and wheelspin their way through San Francisco as cop Steve McQueen gives chase to shotgun - toting villians in a black Charger.

For this you simply must get the car slowed neatly and without locking wheels, smoothly select second (or in a race car, first) gear, then drive out with the minimum of wheelspin.

More impressive still is that the S doesn't lose even a scrap of accelerative force to wheelspin; it simply hunkers down and rips angrily into the tarmac, shrink - wrapping distances in the process.

The lack of a limited - slip differential also softens the Alpina's dynamic edge, and frustrates in the hairpins by delivering oversteer through one bend, scrabbly inside - wheelspin the next.

Having said that, it still doesn't offer the bite of a proper LSD, rather simply working in tandem with ESP to reduce understeer - inducing wheelspin.

With traction control activated, wheelspin isn't an issue in first or second gear, which clonks in at 48 mph.

Full - throttle takeoff is not entirely smoke - free, but wheelspin can be easily controlled, and the almost immediate first upshift consolidates the coupe's composure, so by the time you're in third, traction is — at least in the dry — no longer an issue.

An extension of the stability control system, TVC can briefly apply the front brakes to reduce wheelspin and understeer in aggressive driving.

There's a delay in accelerator response from a standing start that I found slightly annoying, but I assume it helps prevent wheelspin and spares everyday drivers from whiplash.

The Dodge Charger Hellcat's 707hp normally is translated to rather impressive wheelspin, but not in this case.

Attempting to follow virtually any other Fleeter saw me falling back in a flurry of wheelspin, but if you could deal with the dents to your pride, it was still a pretty fun way of getting somewhere.

In AWD form, the Ridgeline is primarily front - drive, too, but can send up to 70 percent of torque rearward when needed to combat wheelspin or when engaged by the traction mode system, which includes Snow, Mud, and Sand modes.

Wheelspin isn't a problem even when pulling away quickly in first, and the traction out of corners is gobsmacking.

A fundamental lack of grip means you will see the car wheelspin all the way up into third in greasy conditions, while the skinny front tyres lack proper bite on turn - in.

But suffice it to say that you feel the diff in a number of ways: one, no inside wheelspin, ever.

For anyone not versed in the gospel of supercharging, this sort of power can give you wheelspin at freeway speeds even on a summer day, never mind in snow and ice.

In the PDK car, launch control makes it laughably easy, the system permitting zero wheelspin but using a fraction of clutch - slip to prevent the 3.4 - litre flat - six bogging down.

In addition to the aforementioned horizontal motion damper, the Ram SRT - 10 combats wheelspin with a limited - slip differential, 305 - section Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires, and a surprisingly good 56/44 percent front / rear weight distribution.

With the stability control systems in standard mode, rear wheelspin is frequently and noticeably reined - in by the TC — it doesn't take more than a tickle on the throttle to activate the fun police.

With the traction and stability control in Sport mode, there's a fair bit of wheelspin at launch, but the car quickly grabs hold as I approach the first right - hander.

Off - the - line pokiness in the Cruze recalls diesels of old, but in this case it results from a throttle progression tuned to prevent inevitable wheelspin.

When an HFP - equipped Accord identical to our coupe arrived in the office, a back - to - back comparison showed that the package did indeed improve body control and calm wheelspin, but torque steer was as bad as ever.

Because the weight of a car is shifted toward the rear under acceleration in all cars as a rule, this further improves the amount of grip on the rear wheels, increasing the amount of torque that can be supplied to the rear wheels before wheelspin occurs.

The all - wheel - drive affords an extra margin for error in corners taken too fast, and, of course, wet weather slipping and wheelspin are greatly reduced.

There is four - wheel limited slip, in which wheelspin is controlled by braking any single wheel that loses traction.

Hard acceleration in first gear causes some wheelspin and a bit of torque steer, but traction control reigns it in.

It helps reduce unnecessary wheelspin and keeps your car pointed in the right direction.

On sheet ice with the steering wheel at full lock, going full throttle results in nothing — no wheelspin, no rise in revs, nada.

Standard traction control helps curtail wheelspin, although the engine has more than enough power and torque to make the optional Vehicle Dynamics Control stability system worth serious consideration, particularly if you live in an area where rain or snow are common.

In the M5's default 4WD mode, all drive torque goes to the rear wheels until the system detects the slightest trace of wheelspin.

AdvanceTrac also has the ability to recognize when to reduce engine power to prevent wheelspin and when full engine power is needed, such as in sand.

In short this system adapts the car's ESP system to reduce wheelspin.

Of note, we used BMW's Formula 1 - like launch control mode (which won't be available in the U.S.) to achieve our best times; after you initiate the system, all that's required is to keep your foot to the floor the computer manages wheelspin.

The limited - slip unit in the GMC's rear axle needs wheelspin before it'll work, so the gnarliest, loosest spots took lots of throttle and momentum to negotiate.

With its 707 horsepower, we found that achieving wheelspin was effortless at highway speeds in third gear.

With stability control, traction control and snow tires, the Camaro accelerated up hilly suburban DC streets without wheelspin and the car was rock solid in four to six inches of snow on a night when dozens of cars slid off the highway.

There can be some wheelspin if you accelerate hard (especially in the wet) so a degree of caution is needed.

They'll also love the lack of torque steer, rack rattle and steering kick, the well - placed pedals that are perfect for heel - toe gearchanges and the ability of the stability control to seamlessly quell low - gear wheelspin, which was easy to induce out of tight turns at the Norwell test track, even in third gear.

In low range, the standard traction - control system also helps keep the vehicle under control when creeping downhill on a slick surface, not just in preventing wheelspin on acceleration — but only if the driver's foot is on the accelerator, not the brakIn low range, the standard traction - control system also helps keep the vehicle under control when creeping downhill on a slick surface, not just in preventing wheelspin on acceleration — but only if the driver's foot is on the accelerator, not the brakin preventing wheelspin on acceleration — but only if the driver's foot is on the accelerator, not the brake.