M ³ WE>       First of all, torque steer occurs when the torque of the engine
 M ³ WE>causes the car to steer in a direction that is opposite that of the
 M ³ WE>engine's rotation.  The direction of steerage is on a line perpindicular
 M ³ WE>the axis of the engine's crankshaft.  Therefore, torque steer CANNOT hap
 M ³ WE>in a transversely (i.e. MOST front wheel drive) mounted engine as the
 M ³ WE>torque steer in such a case can only be directed forward or rearward.  T
 M ³ WE>ingredients necessary for torque steer are an engine producing large
 M ³ WE>amounts of torque, a relatively heavy engine (in relation to the total
 M ³ WE>weight of the vehicle), and a rapidly increasing engine RPM.  It makes n
 M ³ WE>difference which wheels are being driven.
 M ³ WE>       Second of all, if torque steer doesn't occur on RWD cars, care to
 M ³ WE>explain how a rear driven car with a posi-traction rear end can literall
 M ³ WE>jump across an entire traffic lane when the accelerator is floored?  I'd
 M ³ WE>love to hear this one...
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 M ³ Never seen it, never had it happen to me and never felt it, up to 300 hp
 M ³ anyways. I've just fishtailed but that's not torque steer.
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Inferno,
       Once again, remember, we're talking about torque, and not
horsepower.  I'd venture to guess, however that a 300 hp engine would not
quite be in that neighborhood of output where it would begin to have enough
torque to cause a directional shift.  Historically this has occurred with
large 8-cylinder Hemis and some tweaked up GM big blocks.  Getting up into
the 500+ horsepower range pretty much puts you in the right neighborhood...
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