2003CLTYPES

Is there any way to reduce it? Please explain to me if you know.

Thanks

TakeFlight

Yeah, buy a G35. I'm sorry, I just had to.

Unfortunately I don't have a real answer but this will serve as a little bump for your message thread.

devnull

That's cold man...just cold.

:pfawk:

NOVAwhiteTypeS

don't floor it i guess. kinda hard to prevent when u have all that power up front

topdaytrader

yea, or WRX

CO-CL-S

Perfect alignment, tire pressure, etc. and take in easy on the gas..

GreenMonster

The only sure way I know of reducing torque steer is to reduce the horsepower the engine puts out

... or like the others have said, go RWD...

The CLS w/ the LSD doesn't have as much torque steer as some other FWD cars, but it still has some. 8/10's of the time I don't notice that I'm driving a FWD car. It's only when I really pushing it (exiting a corner) that I notice that I am in a FWD car.

Just make sure that you have a good grip on the steering wheel when you're flooring it

oghondaman

Make sure you spin the wheels

Nashua_Night_Hawk

Widert tires helped a ton... I have 235/40/18 and I can not feel the torque steer...

1killercls

Attach a stering dampner (SPeL CheKAr BroKAn)

Klamalama

1- Detune the car to about 150hp

2- Only drive in a straight line

3- Modify to RWD (Comptech is rumored to be working on a kit for this)

I am RobG

to what green monster said, out of every FWD car i've driven, my car has the worst torque steer by far. The LSD actually upped the amount of torque steer from the automatic.

1killercls

Test drove a new Altima when they came out...the torque steer is SILLY!!!!

GreenMonster

I thought only the 6spds got LSD ?? The automatics get VSA instead...

Wires

1) Better tires with better lateral traction.
2) Ensure you tires are inflated correctly.
3) Tighter front suspension (springs, sways).

Unfortunately, you can't get rid of it all (just minimize it). Part of it is caused by the design of a FWD. If they ensure the 1/2 shafts from the tranny to each from wheel is the same length, torque steer is quite minor.

NOVAwhiteTypeS

your right, I think what he meant was the 6 speed w/ the LSD has more torque steer than the auto w/ VSA he drove

purplehaze

6spds have LSD which reduces torque steer significantly.
Car and driver or motor trend...one of those mags, reported of saying "this is the best fwd car they hav ever driven.period" Ofcourse it also depends on the driver..the more u learn about the torque steer in this car, the more u will be able to avoid it to an un noticable extent. OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCE.
for example. I notice my torque steer tends to move my car if i floor the heck out of it, to the left more then the right...solution...i play with the steering wheel direction to overcome it.Ofcourse a better steering system would help too if there is such an upgrade which i dont know nothing bout.
Also....most of the time since i am not a hardcore race driver...torque steer for me adds to the FUN FACTOR of launching the car at a traffic light..SO..

1 LIVE WITH IT
2 ENJOY IT
3 LEARN TO MASTER IT

PH

2003CLTYPES

So pretty much what everyone is saying, is tough luck. Sways will help some, but other than that I have to live with it.

Thanks for all the information everyone.

darrinb

you dont know what torque steer is till you drive a caddy sts or dts

pennykmpr

Hey, have you tried racing stickers, those seem to help just about everything. A big park bench wing could provide a little dampening when combined with some altezza tale lights and some windshield nozzle neons. Just a thought.

EricL

You don't list the offset of your wheels in your sig.

If you lower/change the offset from the stock +55, you are going to increase the torque steer.

For example, if you have +42 offset wheels, the torque steer is going to increase more than a +48 offset wheel, and the +48 offset wheel will increase the torque steer more that a +52 offset aftermarket wheel – and so on.

The torque steer will be lowest with the stock offset.

2001CL

I'm just glad that there is enough torque in this car to feel the tourque steer. Its fun to control when WOT coming off a turn. Anyway it grows on you.

Juker008

Ok this is somehting that the big shots should jump on that means u Scalber, allmotor, Nashau.

Is it possible to add thicker oil to the steering gear box that would allow are steerign to feel more firmer and harder to turn. That seems to be my only guess to what might be able to work. If the lube doesn't work then changing the gears would have to solve the problem.





Juker008

allmotor_2000

Changing the viscosity of the fluid in the power-steering unit would probably only damage it... I wouldn't mess with that. The LSD actually reduces torque steer as EricL mentioned. It is a function of the distance from the edge of the wheel to the point of attachment (hub). A mechanical engineer would probably explain it best!

What I notice on my 6spd is when flooring during a turn... the LSD tends to maintain that direction without spinning the inner tire... very nice feeling. It's like driving a rear-wheel drive car without fearing a drift or fishtail!

oghondaman

Like I said earlier,spin the wheels and torque steer disappears

Starter

Yes, the quickest and easiest way is to buy a RWD car.

Sly Raskal

iTrader: (1)

if they are rumored to be making a rwd conversion, may as well make it a awd instead set our coupes aside from all the rest.

Juker008

How the hell can CT make a RWD conversion for our car when the chassis is made for a FWD!

The car doesn't even have a platform to start from into making a RWD conversion.

Sure don't get me wrong u can make any FWD car into a RWD car but that would take $K+ lots of it.

Oh and I agree if they are making a RWD conversion for the car they should make it AWD .




Juker008

Juker008

Ok but what about changing the gearing in the steerign box?







Juker008