Pulling to the left under hard acceleration

Post by **Ammo** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:58 pm

Mine snatch's badly to the left under hard acceleration so if you cure it let me know lol

I think torque steer should be on the shorter drive shaft???

Post by **4thgenphil** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:12 am

prelude dont suffer from torque steer do they, due to the intermediate drive shaft?!

Post by **Ammo** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:23 am

My BB1 with LSD did and my BB4 with a non LSD box all snatch to the left on hard acceleration

Could be my crappy wheels though, i'm starting to think they aren't round

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:09 am

I found this on the net

Correcting Steering Pulls wrote:
TORQUE STEER

The steering veers or pulls to one side during hard acceleration. This is a common condition in front-wheel drive cars with unequal length driveshafts, and is caused by unequal toe changes as the suspension is loaded. Compliance allows the wheel with the longer driveshaft to experience less toe-in change than the wheel with the shorter driveshaft. This causes the vehicle to veer towards the side with the longer driveshaft. FWD cars with equal length driveshafts usually do not experience this condition.

Torque steer cannot be eliminated, but certain conditions may make it worse:

Loose or collapsed control arm bushings.

Loose or worn tie rod ends.

Loose or worn inner tie rod sockets.

Loose or broken engine/transaxle mounts.

Vehicle manufacturers have offered various repairs to reduce the severity of torque steer in some FWD cars. The corrective measures include using stiffer control arm bushings, shimming motor mounts, realigning the engine cradle, replacing the motor mounts with stiffer mounts, or increasing cross-camber.

http://www.aa1car.com/library/steerpul.htm

My Type-S · Post by **Carlosfandango** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:42 pm

It's not been doing it today

Beginning to think it's a combination of the damp roads, at the time, and the Avon ZV5s being bum droppings

The Avon's are very grippy in the dry, but, are a tad scary in the wet. I want to go back to the Rainsports, but, will have to get the tougher sidewalled versions!

Supermarine Blues · Post by **Supermarine Blues** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:18 am

Vote for F1As!

Fansastically fast wet or dry.