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  2. Scandinavian flick - Wikipedia

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    Scandinavian flick, showing a car entering at the bottom of the image Andros Trophy ice-racers at various points in a right-hand hairpin turn. The Scandinavian flick [1] is a technique used predominantly in ice racing and rallying. The technique induces oversteer using weight transfer to carry a vehicle through a turn while simultaneously ...

  3. Snow chains - Wikipedia

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    Link-type, diamond pattern snow chains on a front-wheel drive automobile. Snow chains at the front wheel of a grader at the Pikes Peak Highway. Automatic tire chains are permanently mounted near the drive tires and engage by turning a switch, then move into position to fling the pieces of chain under the tires automatically.

  4. Idler-wheel - Wikipedia

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    In a belt drive system, idlers are often used to alter the path of the belt, where a direct path would be impractical.. Idler pulleys are also often used to press against the back of a pulley in order to increase the wrap angle (and thus contact area) of a belt against the working pulleys, increasing the force-transfer capacity.

  5. Cars get swallowed by ice at Wisconsin's Winterfest - AOL

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  6. Underdrive pulleys - Wikipedia

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    Additional and significant performance improvements can be seen by reducing the weight of the pulley versus the original pulley. Gains can range from 3 to 6 HP per pound of weight reduced. Poorly engineered underdrive pulleys can cause unwanted side effects; this is due to not spinning the alternator , power steering, and/or air conditioning ...

  7. Should I warm up my car before driving on frigid winter days ...

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    At the time, warming the car in the winter made sense since it could take several minutes for the right air-fuel mix to reach the engine, without which the vehicle was at risk of stalling or ...

  8. Harmonic damper - Wikipedia

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    Harmonic balancer lower pulley on a four-cylinder engine. A harmonic damper is a device fitted to the free (accessory drive) end of the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine to counter torsional and resonance vibrations from the crankshaft. This device must be an interference fit to the crankshaft in order to operate in an effective ...

  9. Why walking like a penguin is safer on ice - AOL

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    Well, according to Info Graphics, our feathered friends down in Antarctica could teach us a few things about how to safely walk (sorry, waddle) on ice! Think about it: Normally, when people walk ...