M ³ You misinterpreted my reply. Cars that "twist the tires" off launch
 M ³ meaning cars with 500 lbs of torque or so that twist the rear tires when
 M ³ they take off like drag cars. The torque in those vehicles at takeoff
 M ³ can sometimes cause the car to turn when they take off because of the
 M ³ tires malforming from the torque. So once again you didn't burst my
 M ³ bubble, and next time you reply make sure you understand the statement.
 M ³ ---
       Actually, I think you're the one who doesn't understand.  You're the
one who doesn't understand the nature of torque steer.  Don't tell me that
something that I have personally experienced doesn't exist.  I've spent
more time in 500+ horsepower automobiles than you have spent on this
planet.  I was jamming my Dodge SuperBee (383 Magnum, 4 spd, 6-pack, 550+
HP) around roads in the SouthEast when you were still sucking milk from
your mother.  I don't need a bunch of kids to tell me that something I know
is present isn't really there.
       Believe me.  Torque steer occurs in ANY automobile with a strong
engine that is LONGITUDINALLY mounted.  It doesn't matter whether the car
is front or rear driven.  As long as the engine is LONGITUDINALLY mounted,
torque steer can occur.  It CANNOT occur in TRANSVERSELY mounted engines,
as the engine's torque is directly in line with the vehicles direction of
travel.
       Try this experiment.  Find a car with a longitidunally mounted
engine.  Doesn't have to be a big engine or anything, just a car where the
axis of the crankshaft is front to rear.  Start the car and let it idle
while in park or neutral.  Rev the engine a few times.  Notice how when you
rev the engine that the car seems to twist a little bit?  THAT young man,
is what causes torque steer.  Imagine that twist occuring with a STRONGER
engine while the car is moving (and to contradict my earlier statement,
torque steer does seem to be more of a problem when the car is already
moving rather than at "launch").  Torque steer is the cars natural,
physical reaction to the torque of the engine.  In other words, in the
Newtonian world, if you twist one way, that upon which you are mounted wans
to twist the other way.
       Let me put it to you this way, Inferno.  Why don't YOU try to tell
ME what causes torque steer in a transvere-mounted, front wheel driven car.
Why don't YOU explain the PHYSICAL nature of this phenomenon?  Sounds to me
like YOU are the one that's explaining problems related with limited-slip
transaxles providing unequal amount of power to the front wheels, causing
one wheel to be driven when the other isn't.  Don't sound like torque steer
to me.
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