sentraturbo
05-28-2002, 12:31 AM
i need some suggestions to improve my suspension... as soon as the turbo kicks in at 3000rpm, the car swerves left and right... everytime i shift gear, the car swerves left and right too...
right now i have the AGX and ground control coilovers... tires are old toyo proxes... i know its not a lot of info, but i don't know what to include...
Stiletto
05-28-2002, 07:04 AM
isn't that called torque steer? AFAIK that's just part of owning FWD.
SERprise In WV
05-28-2002, 09:41 AM
Yes, that's what it is, Stilletto. About the only solution is a Quaife LSD for $1k. Ouch. And even that won't make it go completely away. :(
sentraturbo
05-28-2002, 10:49 AM
yeah... i know its called torque steer but is there any way to make it not steer so much...
spdracerUT
05-28-2002, 12:00 PM
Have you replaced the control arm bushings with polyurethane ones? The control arms deflect a lot, especially with the high horsepower cars. The control arm bushings also contribute the second most to getting rid of wheel hop in my opinion (behind the control arm brace).
Khiem
spudnex
05-28-2002, 12:19 PM
Could it be an alignment problem? My car seemed to have torque steer much worse when my alignment was off. It was very sensitive to the road surface too (made crossing center line on two lane roads a bit scary). Having the car aligned helped alot but the problem didn't go away totally.
sentraturbo
05-28-2002, 01:09 PM
don't have control arm bushings yet, but if it helps i'll probably end up getting it... alignment is pretty much straight... i know for sure i do need new tires... how bout wider tires??? i have nx2000 wheels...
Stiletto
05-28-2002, 02:57 PM
nah, wider tires won't help much. basically the problem comes from the driveshafts being different lengths. from what i've read, upgrading the LSD to a HSLD is the best option to "minimizing" torque steer.
sentraturbo
05-28-2002, 03:27 PM
please don't tell me that's more expensive than quaife's LSD...
sentraturbo
05-28-2002, 05:49 PM
oh... cool... don't know much about LSD other than knowing the fact that we got one, but what's the difference between our stock LSD and quaife's HLSD??? thank you guys... you guys don't know how much help you guys have been...