Sentences with phrase «whirring engines»

The program looked at dozens of components and systems that affect interior sound, from whirring engines and whining transmission gears to joints in the vehicle's structure that may squeak, and gaps between body panels that could whistle at highway speed.

Yet for 18 years, four different presidents didn't dare replace him (until he finally decided to retire), because it would have been like poking around inside a whirring engine.

Not exact matches

To the point that the man runs the Vitamix every morning and wakes me up with that airplane engine - inspired whirr.

Quiet music, generic sound effects, and gentle engine whirring are nowhere near as satisfying as the audio in most other similar games.

There is a small but noticeable whirring noise coming from the engine.

Once you leave the freeway, the impressive body stability falls to pieces and the engine whirs unhappily.

Do you hear a clicking sound, a soft whir or the regular sound of the engine trying to start?

Put starter motor back into engine and now just clicks does nt even whirr now.

The engine takes an age to start but when it does it's worth the wait as it whirs and slurps and rattles and roars.

The engine note is mellower than in the previous - generation type 993, but it still whirs and flutters as a Porsche should.

30 minutes later, with the car having done nothing but sat parked for those 30 minutes, I tried to start the car to go somewhere, but while the starter motor and fan start fine (so the electrics seem good still unlike the previous problem), the engine doesn't join in - the starter cranks and makes the normal whup - whup - whup sound, the fan whirs until I release the ignition, but no gas ignition.

It's just a pity that, as ever, it's the whirr of meshing supercharger rotors that's the dominant sound from the engine bay.

At idle it's making a thin, high - pitched whirring noise almost like an electronically synthesised imitation of what an engine might sound like.

It's vocal too, with a prolonged warble and twitter when you lift off, a deep backbeat from the exhausts and a loud whir from the additional fan mounted directly under the engine cover to keep everything cool.

Despite the more civilized power delivery, the GS - tuned engine is still afflicted with subtle, uneven pulses at part throttle, and the turbocharger whistles and whirs like it's bolted into a Class 8 truck.

The engine seems to say Countach, too - turn the key, and the starter motor's monotonous whir suggests that there are twelve pistons being heaved up and down.

It also pipes the engine's divine whir into the cabin — in a way the company calls «augmented.»

The whir of the engine.

With the 97bhp and 128 lb ft of torque of the completely re-engineered 1.8 litre petrol engine boosted by the 71bhp permanent magnet synchronous electric motor, the Prius will whizz and whirr itself from rest to 62mph in a leisurely 10.6 seconds, even if you switch from eco mode to power mode.

We've become used to the warble and whirr of a tiny three - cylinder engine in city cars such as the Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107, but is Ford's decision to fit its all - new, 1.0 - litre triple into its best - selling Focus a step too far?

Nissan is working on one, and we hope it's vastly better than the previous model, which was afflicted by strange engine vibrations — not to mention the occasional bizarre «whirr» and «ping» noise coming from the powertrain.

With the windows down, the engine has an almost electric whir to it, and lacks the sporty exhaust note that I expected, falling far short of even the VQ's overly - processed growl.

On city streets the engine whirred along like clockwork, so that I barely heard the rough cough of diesel combustion.

The gas engine does kick in with a bit of whirr, but thanks to its small displacement, unless you're really leaning on the accelerator, you'll barely notice it apart from the vibrations.

So equipped, the Discovery's engine bay emits a delicious metallic whir at full chat, a hallmark of supercharged engines.