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Old 01-31-2002, 06:09 PM
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Interesting slip into German there Fritz.



As an extra note, Honda's generaly dont have very much Torque steer, infact my little civic has almost none. Even at 7,500rpm on a wet off camber road the car still tracks in a very straight line. Both axles are the same length and both are balanced to be very close to the same weight. (Fritz laws of physics behind why they do this please, I know but Ill be damned if I can explian it, (something to do with rotational intertia))

FWD cars with unequal length driveshafts will however suffer very sever torque steer. The worst iv ever experiance was a DOHC Turbo Mazda Famillia, (89ish Ford Escort to you americans). It had about 160+hp, and the moment it came on boost it required both hands to hold the wheel straight, and even counter steer. Its quite odd driving in a stright line with the car wanting to move left, while the wheel is turned to the right.
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