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By short shifting, the engine does not reach its power band, and therefore maximum vehicle acceleration is not attained for the gear from which the short shift was performed. [ 1 ] In racing, short-shifting is a technique intended to avoid losing valuable acceleration time changing gears later.
For manual transmission equipped cars, it is a component that replaces the stock gear selector (shifter). A shift kit usually shortens the throws of selecting a gear (also known as a short throw shift or short shifter), therefore allowing a driver to reduce the shift time and change gears more efficiently.
Gear shift lever on a motorcycle (above the toe of the rider's boot) A sequential manual transmission is unsynchronized, and allows the driver to select either the next gear (e.g. shifting from first gear to second gear) or the previous gear (e.g., shifting from third gear to second gear), operated either via electronic paddle-shifters mounted behind the steering wheel or with a sequential ...
Semi-automatic transmissions with paddle shift operation have been used in various racing cars, and were first introduced to control the electro-hydraulic gear shift mechanism of the Ferrari 640 Formula One car in 1989. These systems are currently used on a variety of top-tier racing car classes; including Formula One, IndyCar, and touring car ...
High-powered racing cars generally raced on short dirt or asphalt ovals. stagger In stock car racing, the difference in circumference between the left and right tires, used to improve handling on oval tracks. [66] standard tree In drag racing, timing lights which flash in sequence five tenths of a second between each yellow light before turning ...
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. reacts as he rides White Abarrio to win the Breeders' Cup on Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. The future of horse racing in California is in peril, with Santa Anita at ...
The White House said the president wants to end a carried interest tax break prized by Wall Street hedge funds and private equity firms.
A close-ratio transmission is one which is described relative to another transmission for the same vehicle model. The relativity applies only for the transmissions offered for a single make and model; that is, there is no specific threshold value or accepted industry standard that determines whether the steps between gears constitute a normal or close-ratio transmission.