Sentences with phrase «with opened throttle»

Such transmission tweaks include reducing the engine's time spent operating at a very high rotational speed to lower mechanical friction, or reducing time spent with an open throttle to lower air friction in the cars cylinders.

Not exact matches

Jan 04,2016... Houston coach John Jenkins has no apologies for his wild offense with the wide - open throttle

A 26 - foot boat really only needs a 250 - horsepower engine, but in order to race, lobstermen and women trick out boats of that size with 350 - 500 horsepower and open up their throttles for little more than pride.

I'm roaring toward my next birthday with the throttle wide open, secure in knowing how well I'm going to be able to take care of my body... because I learned a secret a few years ago, and I'm really bad at keeping secrets that might affect other people positively as much as this one affected me!

Opening in a post -» Rebel Without a Cause» late 1950s to the throttles of country drag races, we still hear the ever - present crickets and gravel roads blended with the domestic cues of clinking utensils on dinner plates and the unmistakable cries of screen door springs.

All together, the release is like a finely tuned, gas guzzling, well - tuned machine with the throttle wide open from the time you see the chrome Warner Bros. logo to the end credits rolling.

Whereas Alice and Oz took advantage of the lighter competition of March, Maleficent aimed even higher, opening the weekend after Memorial Day with the summer movie season at full throttle surrounded by other big movies with more to come every week.

As Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Bad Boys II, and Legally Blonde 2 touch down in theatres, Die Another Day, The Jungle Book 2, and the Brady Bunch movies land on DVD, and then there are the cross-promotions: It seems like everyone wants a piece of the fallout from Universal's big - screen Hulk, with Fox, Buena Vista, Anchor Bay, and Universal itself issuing «Hulk» - branded discs prior to the feature film's June 20th opening.

Black Panther, as a multiplex - throttling cinematic event, is saddled with ludicrously high expectations and bound to trigger both widespread euphoria and a fierce backlash when it finally opens on Friday.

However, as the roads begin to open out and the corners become quicker and more clearly sighted, the chassis is allowed to settle and it becomes more flat - footed with a resolutely nose - led balance and little in the way of throttle adjustability.

In any case the «suck» when the throttle is only slightly open is minimal, so you aren't losing a lot of energy with this.

The engine wakes with a brassy mellifluousness and then issues a battle cry when you crack open the throttle.

This leads us to your original question, the fact of whether stabbing the pedal to wide open throttle (WOT) with no load on the engine will cause problems for the engine.

Those with lots of grip will use the full width on the exit from the right and then follow the white line around the first part of the left, only moving away as the corner opens out and the throttle can be meaningfully reapplied.

You can play the hooligan in the CS if you wish, the engine is certainly strong enough to break rear traction, but it's so much more rewarding and satisfying to be able to open the throttle earlier in the corner and drive through the exit, feeling the diff hooking up and the chassis working the load with new found precision.

If you are in a 918 you hear not a lot from the mechanics; especially if the windows are down, you hear the throttles and the incoming air, and then you hear the really big exhaust a yard away from your ears, especially with an open top.

I am entirely cynical about the price of the GTS, but with all throttles open, from 3000rpm to 8000rpm, it might just be worth the money.

The throttle - adjustable chassis demonstrates that speed isn't everything, as is the case with the A45, and that a sweet shifting manual «box is only every a good thing out on the open road.

The moment you open the throttle for the first time with any real intent in the 488 Spider the very notion that this new motor might be a weakness seems utterly absurd.

Then, as the majority of the engine noise you hear in the cabin is the luscious, rarefied sound of induction noise — which you only really hear with big throttle openings — the driver controls how loud it is with the accelerator pedal.

Now twist open the elliptical throttles with your right hand, release the clutch, and fire away.

Unburnt fuel does seem to be going through the engine so the injectors are firing and the fuel pressure seems correct, as the engine will sometimes run with the throttle opened.

However, the numbers don't lie: the 20,000 - plus units Chevy has achieved with the Cruze would've provided the Corolla some stiff competition even if Toyota were operating at wide open throttle.

Throttle response sharpens, flaps in the exhaust open to let the engine bark, and suddenly we're having a little twisty - road time, with the sun beaming into the roofless cabin.

Throttle pinned on the opening straightaway, the twin - turbo V - 6 responds with a ferocity that never ceases to be startling.

To get the 15 extra ponies the Mustang Bullitt offers over a garden - variety Mustang GT, Ford added to the 5.0 - liter V - 8 the Shelby GT350's intake manifold, with 87 mm throttle bodies, an open - air induction system and a powertrain control module calibrated for optimal performance.

The serrated, hard - edged bark that those cars emit with a fully open throttle is worthy of a competition car, while both rev out to their redlines with such ferocity that you wonder if they're about to explode.

With a manual transmission what I would do with the above example curve would be to have the accelerator at wide open throttle from 1500 - 2500rpm and shift at 2500rpm for each gWith a manual transmission what I would do with the above example curve would be to have the accelerator at wide open throttle from 1500 - 2500rpm and shift at 2500rpm for each gwith the above example curve would be to have the accelerator at wide open throttle from 1500 - 2500rpm and shift at 2500rpm for each gear.

You could cruise around town with an elbow out the window, or crack open the throttle and hit 60 mph in less than six seconds.

When you want a little more control, the paddle - shift option is as entertaining and as responsive as an automatic of this nature can be (Chevy claims wide - open - throttle upshifts are faster than Porsche's PDK), and I had great fun scaring various family members with stoplight launches and on - ramp romps.

«You hear not a lot from the mechanics; especially if the windows are down, you hear the throttles and the incoming air, and then you hear the really big exhaust a yard away from your ears, especially with an open top.»

The transmission shifts smoothly enough regardless of throttle opening, and the four - wheel disc brakes are adequate - if saddled with an annoyingly touchy pedal feel.

With an automatic transmission this is very difficult because if you try to run the engine at wide open throttle the automatic transmission will extend your shift point up to the high RPM range and you will get very bad BSFC and in turn efficiency.

In sportsmode, with open windows and full throttle you hear a beautiful but tiny noise, thats all.

Keep opening the throttle and inevitably the rear tyres start to spin - up and the BC exits the turn with just a mild twist of oversteer.

Spectators run into a driveway and it's only after Ago's Leap that he finally has everything back under control and the throttle wide open again with just 36 miles of the lap left... It has to be one of the greatest saves of all time.

I'm sure some of Ferrari's customers aren't even aware that you can order an F430 with three pedals, so it probably comes as a bit of a shock when they get in and see the classic open gate, but the shift is gorgeous and in these conditions you appreciate the ever so slightly sharper throttle response too.

The veteran driver works the low gears with ease and energy, whipping us through corners and cracking open the throttle of the twin - turbo 430 - hp inline six - cylinder.

In tighter turns there was some understeer, particularly if you got greedy with the entry speed, but it was easily tamed by opening the steering and easing the throttle.

It really is an uncannily good transmission, with shifts that snap home rapidly but also effortlessly at modest speeds and throttle openings, yet crack home with synaptic immediacy when you're absolutely on it.

General Motors» North American President Mark Reuss visits with Motor Trend's Wide Open Throttle crew and he talks about the new Corvette Stingray and the new Camaro Z / 28.

Really pushing the GTI doesn't open up a layer of intimacy with the car, and neither the throttle nor even trail braking seem to allow you any access to more malleable, engaging behaviour.

General Motors» North American President Mark Reuss visits with Motor Trend's Wide Open Throttle crew and he talks about the new Corvette Stingray and...

With double Vanos variable valve timing, individual throttle butterflies for each cylinder and highly sophisticated electronics capable of doling out a staggering 200 million operations per second, the new V8 is a classic piece of M division engineering — intended to be equally fit for the racetrack or the open road.

As with the F1 transmission, the electronically controlled limited - slip differential is a Formula 1 legacy, which steplessly varies the differential locking factor from zero to full lock, depending on the throttle opening, the gear engaged, the steering lock, the polar acceleration and the rotating speed difference between the rear wheels.

I think you can tell that I'm not exactly thrilled with the CVT in the Civic, but that's the enthusiast in me talking who doesn't like the whine at wide - open - throttle.

Asked if it was complete with its customizing job on the H2, the team at Full Throttle proceeded to open its notebooks and read from about 1,000 pages listing all the items still needed to deem the H2 complete.

The seven speed PDK gearbox, which comes as standard, is brilliantly effective, capable of firing off up shifts under full load with the sort of decisiveness and speed you're unlikely to ever achieve with a traditional manual gearbox out on the open road while providing imbibing smoothness and efficiency when asked to perform as an automatic on part throttle openings around town.

The Z28 hood included a rear - pointing raised scoop (air induction) with a solenoid operated flap which opened at full throttle, allowing the engine to breathe cooler air.

At low revs and under light loads it emitted a nice little burble, but then let loose an angry wail with throttle opened up and the tacho needle climbing past 6000rpm.