torque steer

clg31187 · #1 11-19-2003, 01:31 PM

My skyline has some really bad torque steer(im not sure if this is the correct term for a rwd car but my real fwd car has it) anyways it can only burn out in one direction, and if I go full speed from a stop it will always spin out. If I hit the brakes from full speed it will pull a 180 every time. Has anyone else had this happen? Is there anyway to correct it?

Se7en · #2 11-19-2003, 02:00 PM

it used to happen to me because my floors are very slick and with 6 cells I could spin the back tires easily. I think one back tire would spin more then the other causing a spin out. I corrected it by upgrading to AWD and soft treaded tires.

viperkilla · #3 11-19-2003, 02:36 PM

Yea either buy the AWD kit or the tire upgrade kit to correct this.

neurokinetik · #4 11-19-2003, 03:52 PM

If the car is spinning out when you brake, it is because you are braking too hard and locking the rear wheels. Learn to feather the brakes and you won't have this problem. The brakes on these cars are proportional. Most just slam the trigger all the way forward instead of just a little. I wish these things had an adjustment like my old cars had. I could dial in the maximum braking force so it would never lock the tires, but still gave good braking performance.