Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 18:43:04 -0400 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: RWD.
You must define "torque steer". Most people call pulling to one side or the other torque steer. My 8 valve 900 base model pulled to the left when the ball joint went bad - but I would hardly consider an 8 valve 900 base model capable of torque steer. If you hit potholes and put your front end alignment out, it will pull to one side - it is not torque steer. This will also happen in a rear wheel drive car. Walt Kienzle wrote: > Ah! your definition of torque steer is different from mine and probably > others that say they haven't experienced torque steer in a 9000. When one > tire loses traction it is the differential that is the issue, not the > driveshaft length or anything associated with the drive shafts. Rear wheel > drive cars offer "positraction" to eliminate this problem. I understand > that Quaife transmissions also include this feature for the FWD > applications. That is one of the features that makes Quaife products > desirable. BTW, does anyone know of a Quaife fitted to a 9000 and if it is > easy to do? > > I currently have two FWD cars with over 200 hp that don't exhibit > significant torque steer. I also owned a lesser powered FWD, Mazda GLC (323 > in Europe) that didn't have torque steer, so I didn't really know what > people were complaining about -- until I drove my boss's Acura Legend (a > high priced Honda coupe). I was stopped at a light waiting to make a left > turn. When I stepped on the gas after the light changed green, the steering > wheel jumped to the left by itself and I thought I was going to make a "U" > turn. That is torque steer - the torque from the engine is making the > steering wheel turn without input from the driver. > > Walt Kienzle > 1991 9000T > 1990 Ford Taurus SHO > > "Grunff" <grunffnopsam.com> wrote in message > news:3DA0B8D7.7010602nopsam.com... > > Goran Larsson wrote: > > > > > Yes they are. There is a separate shaft from the differential to the > > > right driveshaft, just to avoid the torque steer problem. If the car > > > pulls to the left then something else must be causing it. I have never > > > had any problems with torque steer on 9000[1] or 9-5, both of them with > > > "more-than-standard" torque and hp. > > > > That shaft is exactly what I'm referring to - it results in an unequal > > left/right setup, which some say causes torque steer. > > > > I'm not getting into the torque steer argument. The only 'torque steer' > > I've experienced with my Saabs (90016vT and 9kT) is when it's clear that > > the tyres are loosing traction. So say the left side looses some > > traction while accelerating hard, the car pulls to the right. Nothing to > > do with driveshaft length. > > > > -- > > Grunff > >
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