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Torque Steer? ALL

posted by  someone claiming to be John S. on  Tue Mar 27 16:16 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hello everyone, took a S40 for a few days of driving. This one had 6,000 miles on it, a 2000 USA model. When you floor it going 20-70 it has very very poor handling. The front end darts everywhere randomly. Is this the torque steer I have heard of? Seems very unstable. Thanks for any coments.

-John







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    Re: Torque Steer? ALL

    posted by  someone claiming to be Arno Griffioen on  Wed Mar 28 07:30 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    Sounds more like the power on the front tires makes them follow any irregularities and ruts in the road much more pronounced.

    As Ray already said, it doesn't have that much power to really induce torque-steer (which is much more a constant pull to one side under power) and even then it's often the way in which the road is constructed (run-off to one side).

    Of course it is an FWD car with lots of torque, so you will feel the power-transfer in the steering wheel, especially when cornering. Keeping a good grip on the wheel is advisable when gunning it.

    I personally like the feedback. Feedback is good. Makes you feel what's happening to your wheels and traction on the road surface you're going across.

    My T4 with limited-slip diff tracks absolutely straight under full power, but *only* on a smooth road. Any ruts will immediately throw it off course. Running on 215/40R17 doesn't really help to decrease that effect :-)

    Bye, Arno.







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    Re: Torque Steer? ALL

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ray Niblett on  Wed Mar 28 05:41 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    Torque steer would pull to one side -- it is not random

    and won't cause the car to dart.

    Also, most commonly felt in first or second gear. I doubt the

    car has enough torque at 50 mph to induce much torque steer.






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