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Paul,
On 10/29 you write:
"The other thing, torque steer is almost
completely, if not entirely
caused by unequal length half shafts. Since these longitudinal mount engines don't have that prob., torque steer is not a significant factor." Have to disagree with you on this one.
When you chip a fwd turbo you're putting a lot more power through those front
wheels. The driver will get torque-steer if he goes into a turn hot and
lifts the inside wheel. Fwd Audi's have an open dif and do not have a
limited slip differential. Result = inside wheel begins to fight for
traction and all the power gets sent to that wheel just when it is losing its
traction. Then when car settles that wheel has most of the torque and the
outside wheel has much less = torque steer.
Matt Pfeffer
89 200TQW
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