i was reading up on the 6th gen maxima's and they were talking about it's torque steer. I never heard the term and learned that it occurs in quick FWD cars. I've accelerated hard in my 95 but never really experienced any sideways steering, but maybe i just wasn't paying attention to it. do our cars have this problem at all?

 

not really noticable but it is there. get a y-pipe and you will know exactly what it is. when i got mine, the first time i drove it when i went wot at 4k rpm the wheel literally yanked out of my hands.

 

do you get used to it? i'm not sure about modding now if it's gonna be much harder to control

 

My car has mad torque steer.

More speed = more torque steer. It's due to the fact that our transmissions (like in most if not all FWD cars) are not centered, and the axles are different lengths.

WHen one cylinder is longer than another, (axle) spinning at the same rate, then the lighter/shorter one will tend to pull harder because of less resistance.

At least that's how I understand it.

 

in a 5 speed, the torque steer is pretty scary. If I floor my car in first gear, and I don't hold on to the wheel very much, it will definetely not go in a straight line.

 

personally i kind of like it. for people who know nothing about cars it makes our cars seem really powerful to them.

 

ohhhhh....that's torque steer?
yeah, when i first got my ypipe i floored it on a local road that's lined with parked cars and i almost crapped my pants.

hell, i know about cars and it makes it feel powerful to me.