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Old 23 Jan 2005, 08:38 pm
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quote:Originally posted by hoopdiewagon

[purple]Torque steer is from your turbo
Sorry, got to disagree with you there. I've had torque steer with the last three cars I've owned including my Cruiser and none of them have had a Turbo. Torque steer comes from the power of the engine driving only one primary wheel. The steering will be pulled towards that primary wheel under heavy acceleration. Yes, the Turbo gives you more power, and more power will give you more torque steer. That's why you don't have it under normal driving conditions.

That's also why most of the Turbo owners are looking around for the LSD (Limited Slip Diff) that the SRT-4 just came out with. That will even up the power to both front wheels.
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