WE> M ³ Tourque steer in fwd cars is when the car wants to steer for itself whe
WE> M ³ you accelorate.  It feels like somebody grabbing the steering wheel and
WE> M ³ pulling on it.  There really is no such thing as torque steer on rwd.
WE> M ³ What's happening is the car hooks up mostly on the right side and the
WE> M ³ car wants to go that way, but it doesn't feel like the steering wheel i
WE> M ³ being pulled from you.  From the way i worded it, it seems like I'm
WE> M ³ saying the car's torque steers it, which in a sense it is, but it's not
WE> M ³ the same thing as the fwd sensation.
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WE>       First of all, torque steer occurs when the torque of the engine
WE>causes the car to steer in a direction that is opposite that of the
WE>engine's rotation.  The direction of steerage is on a line perpindicular to
WE>the axis of the engine's crankshaft.  Therefore, torque steer CANNOT happen
WE>in a transversely (i.e. MOST front wheel drive) mounted engine as the
WE>torque steer in such a case can only be directed forward or rearward.  The
WE>ingredients necessary for torque steer are an engine producing large
WE>amounts of torque, a relatively heavy engine (in relation to the total
WE>weight of the vehicle), and a rapidly increasing engine RPM.  It makes no
WE>difference which wheels are being driven.
WE>       Second of all, if torque steer doesn't occur on RWD cars, care to
WE>explain how a rear driven car with a posi-traction rear end can literally
WE>jump across an entire traffic lane when the accelerator is floored?  I'd
WE>love to hear this one...
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Never seen it, never had it happen to me and never felt it, up to 300 hp
anyways. I've just fishtailed but that's not torque steer.
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