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• Unsprung weight
  ...tboard (i.e., within the wheel), their weight is also part of the unsprung weight. ==Effects of Unsprung Weight==
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• Coil bind
  ...in cars|ground effects]]. Under braking, [[weight transfer]] causes more weight to shift forward as the vehicle decelerates. This helps to maintain the lo
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• Sway bar
  ...to the outside wheels, it only reduces body lean. The total lateral load transfer is determined by the CG height and track width. ...ll stiffness at the front will increase the proportion of the total weight transfer that the front axle reacts and decrease the proportion that the rear axle r
  5 KB (793 words) - 09:26, 7 October 2009
• RWD
  ...plied to the rear wheels, on which the down force increases, due to [[load transfer]] in acceleration, making the rear tires better able to take simultaneous a ...gnificant impact on a car's handling, and it is much easier to get a 50/50 weight distribution in a rear wheel drive car than in a front wheel drive car, as
  9 KB (1,331 words) - 08:17, 18 August 2009
• Mid-engine design
  ...easier and faster to turn the vehicle to a new direction. Also the engine weight is more evenly carried by all the wheels with this layout. As a result, veh ...rfaces, providing much of the benefit of all wheel drive without the added weight and expense of all wheel drive components. The mid-engine layout make ABS b
  6 KB (975 words) - 14:43, 24 September 2009
• Vehicle dynamics
  * [[Weight distribution]] * [[Load transfer]]
  4 KB (534 words) - 19:22, 26 April 2010
• Rear-wheel drive
  ...plied to the rear wheels, on which the down force increases, due to [[load transfer]] in acceleration, making the rear tires better able to take simultaneous a ...gnificant impact on a car's handling, and it is much easier to get a 50/50 weight distribution in a rear wheel drive car than in a front wheel drive car, as
  9 KB (1,427 words) - 23:37, 20 September 2009
• Polyethylene glycol
  ...molecular weight]] while polyethylene oxide is used for higher [[molecular weight]]s. PEG generally is a liquid while PEO is a low-melting solid. Both are ...the formation of crystals. Such batteries carry greater energy for their weight than other [[lithium ion battery]] technologies.
  6 KB (822 words) - 23:48, 11 September 2009
• Two stroke
  ...se of their simple design (and consequent low cost) and very high power-to-weight ratios (because the engine has twice as many combustions per second as a fo This method of scavenging uses carefully aimed transfer ports to loop fresh mixture up one side of the cylinder and down the other
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• Front-wheel drive
  ...ut allows sharp turning circles, but can also make the car quite long. The weight distribution from this layout creates positive handling characteristics. ...has the distinct disadvantage that it makes it difficult to achieve 50/50 weight distribution - one reason why Audi vehicles have not managed to match the d
  12 KB (1,842 words) - 23:38, 7 August 2009
• Benetton B199
  .... Furthermore, any performance advantage was negated by the corresponding weight gain and aerodynamic ineffiencies which resulted in a chronic lack of grip.
  6 KB (677 words) - 22:03, 22 September 2009
• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...l often have heavier than desired springs to compensate for the additional weight that would otherwise collapse a vehicle to the bottom of its travel (stroke ...ding to Hooke's Law. Spring rate is determined to a narrow interval by the weight of the vehicle, the load the vehicle will carry, and to a lesser extent by
  29 KB (4,645 words) - 10:46, 8 October 2009
• Alfa Romeo AR 51
  |Transmission || 4-speed manual with low ratio transfer box |Weight || 1250 kg (2755 lb)
  5 KB (614 words) - 16:21, 26 April 2010
• Pneumatics
  ...air is capable of rotating the drill bit at extremely high rpm). Pneumatic transfer systems are employed in many industries to move powders and devices. [[Pneu * The working fluid is very light in weight so supply hoses are not heavy.
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...of their simple design (and therefore, low cost) and very high [[power-to-weight ratio]]s (because the engine has twice as many combustions per second as a This method of scavenging uses carefully aimed transfer ports to loop fresh mixture up one side of the cylinder and down the other
  19 KB (3,049 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Front wheel drive
  ...fore-aft length of the boxer engine allows this configuration without any weight distribution issues. ...ine was set well behind the centerpoint of the wheels, however, for better weight distribution (consequently, it was sometimes called the "Mafia car", becaus
  10 KB (1,565 words) - 10:51, 8 October 2009
• Rear wheel drive
  ...gnificant impact on a car's handling, and it is much easier to get a 50/50 weight distribution in a rear wheel drive car than in a front wheel drive car, as ...ng acceleration. (During heavy acceleration, the front end rises, and more weight is placed on the rear, or drving wheels).
  9 KB (1,374 words) - 10:51, 8 October 2009
• Oversteer
  ...eer]]. Releasing the throttle pitches the car forward, causing a [[weight transfer]] towards the front of the car, thus reducing rear traction even further. ...scribed above. The second is that braking transfers more of the vehicle's weight forward which tends to worsen oversteer. Even so, the brake bias may be en
  8 KB (1,387 words) - 09:32, 7 October 2009
• Bicycle brake systems
  ...a higher [[mechanical advantage]]. Dual-pivot brakes have slightly higher weight than conventional side-pull calipers and cannot accurately track an out-of- ...r power and control) they offer over the latter is offset by their greater weight and complexity. The only significant current use of these brakes is on bic
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