I resently got this 2007 TL.
When i step on the car hard off the line it the wheel pulls to the right. Anyone have any idea
Do i need a wheel alignment or balance?
Anything else that could be wrong?

Thanks

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_steer

 

Do you have a really fat girlfriend in the passenger seat?

 

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thats hilarious

but yea, TORQUE STEER... you'll learn that terminology real well soon enough

 

ya know, after reading that wiki entry.. i just noticed something

we all know when you install the Rv6 pre-cat deletes, you trade off some low end torque for some high-end ponies...

ever since i did this setup, i noticed, my torque steer has gone done considerably....

 

its called torque steere....try stepping on it from a stop making a right hand turn and see what happens.....

 

lol...ive actually done that before

to the OP...since you sound like a noob, i'll answer another question for ya

WHEEL HOP... when you floor your car from a stand still... and the wheels jerk and the car kind of bounces and skips... thats dangerous, and can destroy your front end components really quickly

 

this happen to mine also lol

 

Hi my name is Raj.... and I would like you to meet my friend Mr Torque Steer, I will leave you two alone for the rest of your ride so that you two can get to know one another better. Mr Wheelhop and Mrs. Rattles will join you shortly.

 

I did not know that can F up the front end stuff pretty quickly.. alright I need to be a bit more careful now. Thanks for the heads up.

 

LOL

But did you know that if the OP's car was shipped to Australia or anywhere else in the southern hemisphere, instead of leading to the right when flooring the car from a dig, it'll lead to the left?

 

hahaha LOL dude, this is not a northern / southern hemisphere thing, it's with the different length drive shafts, and i'm pretty sure that even a right hand drive TL has the engine and tranny mounted EXACTLY the same way

 

NO FUCKING WAY , and I am pretty sure he was making a joke

 

I had no idea the Coriolis Effect had an impact on torque steer.....lol...jokes

 

Take a look at your compliance bushings and check for any tears. Check your wheel tread and look for uneven wear that is indicative of misalignment. Also check your tire pressures and make sure you have adequate pressure in all of your tires. Make sure your car isn't pulling to the right while maintaining constant velocity.

If all that checks out then for sure it's just torque steer. It's caused by your driveshafts being different in size so the power distribution is not equal. The transaxle is delivers more torque to the shorter shaft (driverside) and thus pulls to the right. I wonder how exaggerated this would be if the 3G had higher low end torque?? (fwd 180.. lol)

 

so was I relax... take it easy on the coffee and sugars man

 

lol

 

I don't know your comment sounded too believable like you weren't joking at all. His was just retarded so I assumed that noone that stupid would actually even know how to type haha

 

You guys are mixing it up completely. In the southern hemisphere it pulls to the right when you go reverse. besides.. you know how jacked up most of us are on AZ in the morning.. high of coffee & sugar!!

 

hahaha lol, thanks jack@$$ . i was doing the 'overstate the obvious' thing.. anyways, i can see how without the tone + facial expressions it can be taken differently

 

LOL, i've got so much torque steer that if i'm not super careful when i do my burn on the track i'll fly into the wall!

 

wheel hop only occurs with vsa on. just happen to me but with vsa off, it will spin for ever.

and im with blackura. my torque steer has gone down alot since the precat deletes. definitely worth it imo

when you burn out u shouldn't move, and did you use drag radials?

 

[QUOTE=greco9885;10520044]wheel hop only occurs with vsa on. just happen to me but with vsa off, it will spin for ever.

QUOTE]

I disagree. It depends on traction, you could get crazy wheel hop at the drasgstrip with VSA off.

 

thanks guys. I was driving an altima before so it did not have much power and before that a 300zx twin turbo. rear wheel so no torque steer there

 

Where's the Z?? must have been sad to let that go.. Well from a Z to an Altima to a TL.. looks like you compromised on the TL (power vs. convenience)..

 

That what happens when you get married and have a baby

 

I gave up one of my two NSXs when I got married.

 

Well that was dumb.


Pre-nup, my freind, pre-nup.

 

well you still have one... now if she insists you sell it.. we may need to put you under Azine relocation protection.

edit: Awww.. it's too late.. I noticed they're both gone..

 

No drag radials, kuhmo extsa
And i think a good part of it is my wheels need to be rebalanced. the prick that did it originally only put one bubble weight in each one.

 

lol, when I got married my wife said I can continue to own/drive a RWD coupe as long as I don't make her drive a minivan

 

HAHAH this thread is hilarious and i didnt know if f'd up the front end either, to be honest with everyone i havent stepped on the gas pedal all the way YET, only 3/4.lol i wANt to get my pre cats on really bad.

 

What do you want? fifteen three ounch stickie weights all around the inside of the rims? Dude...that means your wheels likely didnt NEED any more balancing than that. Or are you suggesting he just went around and stuck one weight on each wheel just to trick you into thinking he did something he didnt?

Not likely and a fairly ignorant statement man. Why the need to call him a "prick" when he likely did his job correctly? If he didnt...you would have noticed RIGHT AWAY after you left the dealer lot and returned immediately wouldnt you have?

What likely happened is you ran through a pot hole or something and knocked one of em off balance at some point. Or loaned your car to someone who did....its happened to me twice. Girlfriend both times. What can ya do? Its one or the other....Acura or the Lexus...I can take my pick on which one she tears to shit...lol. Frankly...the Lexus takes it a bit better with her...lol. (GS400)

 

I think I forgot what Torque steer was....

 

Accually i did notice them shaking right when i left, and when i went back he said nothing was wrong, and i need to let them "wear in"??? so now when i hit about 60 they just shake like mad.

 

Dayum....find somebody there higher on the food chain...cause that isnt right at all!

 

rub it in..

 

HAHA thats funny

but anyways, i noticed the 07-08 6mt type-s has much worse torque steer than the 04-06 6MT's. IMO.

lol, i curbed my front left rim on my new 08 type-s the first time i drove it. i was doing a u-turn and i punched the accel. before i straightened the wheel back out and it sent the car veering into the curb. it happened so hard and fast that the steering wheel jerked out of my hands, and then there she went... oh well, sh*t happens, i guess.

 

if you got wheel hop in a TL, you got issues. I have never experienced it in any TL or my CLS even with full on throttle and TCS off....but then again I don't beat my car to death either......