Sentence examples for increase horsepower from inspiring English sources

Improvements in engine and design technology have been used to increase horsepower, but not to broadly improve fuel economy.

It's a long way from the image of young hot-rodders installing aftermarket engine computers to increase horsepower; this is about the radical shift to designing cars from the ground up to be upgradeable.

Instead of Chrysler Hemis, flathead Fords and small-block Chevy V-8's, the engines under the hoods of these cars begin as tiny four-cylinder motors but are often replaced with more powerful ones or are modified to increase horsepower, a conversion of the cars into "pocket rockets".

"In 2007 they contacted me, saying, 'We'd like to really invest in carbon-fiber technology — make it our key technology — and we'd like to partner up with U.W. and Boeing.'" In a telephone interview, Dr. Feraboli explained that to improve a car's power-to-weight ratio, you can either increase horsepower or shed weight.

Toyota knows that kids these days love to "tweak" their rides themselves, adding free-flowing exhaust systems and buying aftermarket chips to increase horsepower.

DefCon's more than 6,000 attendees hack everything: their cars, to increase horsepower and remove pesky safety and emissions controls; their brains, using biofeedback receptors attached to videogames to relieve anxiety disorders; even the war in Iraq.

There are a few subtle changes to augment the increased horsepower.

He also installed a so-called cool can, containing ice, along the fuel line to lower gasoline temperature, which increased horsepower.

We'll be able to take advantage of increased horsepower and low-end torque, along with better fuel efficiency and reduced cold-start emissions".

In 8 of the last 10 years Ducati racers have won the Superbike World Championship with Taglioni-style engines featuring a bear-trap-like valve system that increased horsepower and reliability.

Mr. Rohde and Mr. Mattrick may be rivals in the current console generation, but they are joined by colleagues on both sides who argue that the increased horsepower and technical flash of new consoles can make video game characters appear to be more realistic and increase a player's emotional engagement.