Causes and solutions for torque steer

[ste porter]

my let used to be a pain in the **** through the first 3 gears it pulled left right constantly at the thought of braking traction fine when it has grip but launching it was pointless any way because once you lost traction you may aswell have given up and back off because you wasnt going any where until i made a few changes

drasticly lowered tie bars caster camber and track set up properly with the aid of polly bushes and alloy top mounts to stiffen everything up and it completly transformed it. even when you launched it instead of sitting there spinning it pulled through it if you get what i mean

a well set up nova xe to 100 mph or round a track will easily be as quick as a home brew nocked to gether let using of the shelf cheap componants in my exspirence

the real interesting thing will be when im setting up the 4x4 nova
will be interesting to see what its full charactoristics will be

[Lee]

the real interesting thing will be when im setting up the 4x4 nova
will be interesting to see what its full charactoristics will be

That will be interesting, you'll be writing the rule book as far as that goes. Just do things one at a time so you get a proper understanding of what they're doing

[ste porter]

thats why im not skimping on geometry and why i have a 4 week wait on my gaz gold coilovers ect im fairly clued up with most aspects of geometry ect but i still have alot to learn and yet to exsperience the affects of certain changes first hand when applyed to a 4wd floor plan

[Stuart]

torque steer is what happens from 0-20mph, the rest of the time its just traction

I dunno... the Mountune Focus ST I had a play in a few times would simply bugger off where it fancied when going straight at 60 and flooring it

[mowgli]

I dunno... the Mountune Focus ST I had a play in a few times would simply bugger off where it fancied when going straight at 60 and flooring it

well that has happened in every fwd ford i've ever driven, apart from my brother's mk1 xr2 with full rs kit (he should have kept it but used the money to start his business)

[l1nuxxx]

My V6 torque steer is horrendous as it needs properly set up. My solution is to shut my eyes and hope for the best

[Mieran]

Shame this thread turned into an argument, I only wanted people's views.

As for the handling comment I'm also a believer that Vauxhalls can't do corners (except a couple). Olly's car had lots of money spent on it thats why it was half decent, the French hatches come out of the factory with great handling.

[Benn]

decent, the French hatches come out of the factory with great handling.

Sorry i don't agree. I've driven a 100%std R5turbo and it was like driving on jelly.

[Mieran]

Never been in a R5

Lad from uni took me for a spin in his 106 GTI and that thing never understeered no matter how hard he pushed it, another friend had a Clio mk1 valver and that was good too

[l1nuxxx]

My old 205 GTi was good but my old 2.0 Nova Saloon that was set up properly was just as good....but that cost me a fair bit to get set up to be just as good as the pug and the pug was standard!