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Old 09-24-2007, 08:12 PM
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I have a 2004 mazda 6s, mods....UNICHIP, AEM cai, Bel Sti driver, tranny cooler.
I have been noticing heavy torque steer lately, any know a way to fix this?
 
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Old 09-25-2007, 08:32 AM
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Solution: Buy a rear wheel drive car.

There are only two real ways around this in a powerful car: 1) Mount the engine longitudinally (sp?) and use equal-length halfshafts (a-la older VW Passats). 2) Buy a car where they've specifically tried to engineer-out the torque steer, such as Alfa Romeo 164 and 2nd-generation Lotus Elan.

Your car is a front-driver that was engineered and marketed for the masses. You've likely exacerbated the torque steer effect by upping the car's performance. Do any of our more mechanically-abled members know of steering/suspension mods that will help Stealth out?
 
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Old 09-25-2007, 04:25 PM
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The only fix i can think of is go all wheel drive. Possibly if you reduced the pressure the p/s pump puts out it might not torque steer as bad. Possibly a manual steering rack instead would help,or maybe hurt. Mazda6 had all wheel drive. Dunno if it could be retrofitted. You just have a ton of power,nature of the beast on front wheel drive cars unfortunately.
 
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