Not exact matches
With new aero rules and
wider tyres, F1 cars are expected to bring down lap times
by a fair few seconds in 2017.
Jordan Taylor made it three -
wide as he put a lap on a couple of GTLM cars, but misjudged it
by the tinest of amounts and just clipped the No. 4 Corvette of Tommy Milner, sending the pair of them into the
tyres on the outside of turn four.
It looks
wider and lower, and no surface seems to have been untouched
by aero additions or bodywork tacked on to stretch over bigger wheels and
tyres.
By now Porsche Motorsport had been given a little more freedom and the result was a car with the expected boost in terms of performance but also a number of detail changes: GT3 - specific brakes and wheels,
wider tyres, an oil cooler and stronger synchros for the gearbox, and more aggressive suspension settings with unique carriers and split rear wishbones for increased camber control.
Its hard - working 301bhp 3.5 - litre V6 regularly had the speedo needle pointing at 135mph
by the end of the GT circuit's long straight — the same speed Tomalin's Impreza STI achieved there a few of months ago — and its
wide tyres provided no shortage of cornering grip once the tarmac had dried out.
As a result, the fenders were extended
by 64 mm and 66 mm in width, while the standard
tyres have been replaced with performance oriented
wide rubber — 255 mm on the front axle and 285 mm at the rear, as opposed to the 235mm / 255 mm
tyres the previous model was equipped with.
The Jaguar active electronic differential — which can apply full locking torque almost instantaneously when necessary — has been recalibrated in order to exploit the greater grip offered
by the
wider rear
tyres, the more precisely controlled suspension and the engine output.
Other key features include a tinted and heated rear windscreen, an air suspension system that lowers the ride height
by up to 30 mm, 23 - inch forged wheels with 305/30
tyres, 80 mm
wider wheel - arches and a more aggressive front bumper.
Based on the iconic Fiat 500 body shape, the three - door hatch is lowered
by 15 mm and sits on larger 16 - inch alloy wheels with
wider tyres.
It is equipped with the engine from the Continental GT Speed as well as radiator and lower air intake grilles with a dark tinted matrix, 9.5Jx20 - inch multi-spoke alloy wheels, Bentley - bespoke Pirelli PZero
tyres, lowered suspension
by 10 mm at the front and 15 mm,
wider twin - rifled exhaust tail pipes and a new boot - mounted lip spoiler.
The greatest weapon the Audi S4 has in its performance arsenal — even overshadowing the huge amount of power on offer — is the sheer grip provided
by its
wide tyres and quattro four - wheel - drive system.
The
wider front
tyres, which were commissioned
by tyre partner Michelin, are completely new to the LM P1 class.
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wide range of
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by experts who will help you buy your
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Off - site galleries offered strong artist - is - present showings: at Central Fine on Normandy Drive, airbrushed paintings
by Hubert Bush; at Emerson Dorsch, Back On Earth, hatched
by Miami locals, Hugo Montoya and Brandon Opalka; at Locust Projects Daniel Arsham's fierce intervention into the gallery floor, 25 feet
wide and up to 3 feet deep, filled with artefacts from the recent past (a bashed - up guitar, a push - button telephone, radios, blown
tyres — painstakingly recreated in concentric circles of volcanic ash, crystal and steel, and all sourced from eBay.