Who is getting really tired with unrelenting torque steer?

geg1 · 09-23-2009, 01:40 AM

MS3 is a nice commuter car, reasonably utilitarian with the 5 door layout. But as a 'fast' car it is getting old (MS3, 2 yrs old) due to the horrible torque steer. Every hard launch is a wiggle-fest down the road. Well, I guess lower power would not be the answer - so maybe better geometry or AWD for the next MS3 iteration would be okay by me boys and girls.

Is it just me? Or is this a growing irritation for others?

rollazn · 09-23-2009, 02:00 AM

I haven't launched it hard but did go WOT in 1st gear... low roll chirp 2nd and 3rd gear... very little torquesteer... i couldn't even felt it to tell ya the truth. I shifted at 5500 area.

daafisch · 09-23-2009, 02:01 AM

Doesn't really bother me, at least not yet.

revhigh · 09-23-2009, 02:07 AM

lol dude its not that bad. stop whaling on it so low or work out cuz its seriously not enough to make the car get old, if anything it keeps me smiling an on my toes lol

GT1 · 09-23-2009, 02:14 AM

[quote author=geg1 link=topic=156775.msg3336808#msg3336808 date=1253684449]
Every hard launch is a wiggle-fest down the road...[/quote]

Don't "hard launch", it's not a musclecar.
Drive it with skill and finesse (the way it was meant to be driven).

the_caruch · 09-23-2009, 09:03 AM

I think I'd be more pissed if i didn't have torque steer

i like when it does that. gets my blood pumping

TiocfaidhÁrLá · 09-23-2009, 09:16 AM

Just a suggestion but if I do want to hard launch it and counter the torque steer, I put my left hand on the wheel at about 2 o'clock. This makes it easier to just put some down pressure on the wheel and keep it straight. 12 o'clock and anywhere lower on the left side of the wheel and you have little chance of countering it.

carfreak85 · 09-23-2009, 10:13 AM

Must have some bad roads where you live...cause i've had mine for 2 years and rarely see bad torque steer issues.

double eagle · 09-23-2009, 10:25 AM

Torque steer got my attention once - hard acceleration entering freeway from curvy onramp with concrete-to-asphalt transition.

skeeter149 · 09-23-2009, 10:49 AM

seriously torque steer keeps me in check and awake

its not that bad, time for better tires?

09-23-2009, 01:40 AM	#1
geg1 Moped Rider Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 13	Who is getting really tired with unrelenting torque steer? MS3 is a nice commuter car, reasonably utilitarian with the 5 door layout. But as a 'fast' car it is getting old (MS3, 2 yrs old) due to the horrible torque steer. Every hard launch is a wiggle-fest down the road. Well, I guess lower power would not be the answer - so maybe better geometry or AWD for the next MS3 iteration would be okay by me boys and girls. Is it just me? Or is this a growing irritation for others?

09-23-2009, 02:00 AM	#2
rollazn Grand Am Series Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 372	Re: Who is getting really tired with unrelenting torque steer? I haven't launched it hard but did go WOT in 1st gear... low roll chirp 2nd and 3rd gear... very little torquesteer... i couldn't even felt it to tell ya the truth. I shifted at 5500 area.

09-23-2009, 02:01 AM	#3
daafisch Le Mans: GT Class Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NY Posts: 542	Re: Who is getting really tired with unrelenting torque steer? Doesn't really bother me, at least not yet. __________________ Liquid Dinosaur Racing

09-23-2009, 02:07 AM	#4
revhigh F1 Driver Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin TX! Posts: 9,275	Re: Who is getting really tired with unrelenting torque steer? lol dude its not that bad. stop whaling on it so low or work out cuz its seriously not enough to make the car get old, if anything it keeps me smiling an on my toes lol __________________ Team PWNstar /// drugs, sex, and money.

09-23-2009, 02:14 AM	#5
GT1 Le Mans: Prototype Class Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,960	Re: Who is getting really tired with unrelenting torque steer? [quote author=geg1 link=topic=156775.msg3336808#msg3336808 date=1253684449] Every hard launch is a wiggle-fest down the road...[/quote] Don't "hard launch", it's not a musclecar. Drive it with skill and finesse (the way it was meant to be driven). __________________ There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

09-23-2009, 09:03 AM	#6
the_caruch Grand Am Series Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canton, OH Posts: 361	Re: Who is getting really tired with unrelenting torque steer? I think I'd be more pissed if i didn't have torque steer i like when it does that. gets my blood pumping __________________ cp-e CAI, cp-e TIP, cp-e catted DP, cp-e flashes, cp-e Standback w/PNP, cp-e FMIC, cp-e HPFP, TRZ RMM, TS Compact BOV (full re-circ), DDM 55W 6k HID's, Cobb RSB, HKS Hi-Power exhaust

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