Little torque steer concern.

**shaneth** · 12-11-2006, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by Eddy

P.S. With APR this thing accelerates hard.

I cant wait to drive one with it.

**Timbo** · 12-11-2006, 08:57 PM

Remember, you only get torque steer once you get traction

14.7 is pretty good. As a new owner (and also former Cooper S punter....the first time around

) my sense is that better damping control might give some t/s relief. But it's early days for me on this car, so I should keep my ears open and my mouth shut

**Bug_racer** · 12-11-2006, 09:40 PM

Play around with the tyre pressures and see if that makes any difference .
I guess coilovers will help , but really you'll need to stiffen the chassis up and get an LSD to try and limit torque steer .

I think I saw you at WSID when I was running some tests on the S3 . I think with my newfound power in the S3 I have gearing issues

. Might be time for some NOS

**DubSteve** · 13-11-2006, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by Bug_racer

Play around with the tyre pressures and see if that makes any difference .
I guess coilovers will help , but really you'll need to stiffen the chassis up and get an LSD to try and limit torque steer .

I think I saw you at WSID when I was running some tests on the S3 . I think with my newfound power in the S3 I have gearing issues

. Might be time for some NOS

WOW crazy amounts of power coming from Seb. Doesn't that thing have enough power as it is? How much does it have at the moment Seb if you don't mind me asking?

**Eddy** · 13-11-2006, 11:24 AM

[QUOTE=Bug_racer]Play around with the tyre pressures and see if that makes any difference .
Hoyhoy.
Just yesterday I swaped the wheels from front to rear & dropped the front pressures from 38lbs to 36lbs, seems better at this time. I changed the wheels around because I thought there might be uneven wear due to the burnouts when doing the 1/4's. Which I'm not doing again with this little girl.

**Vieussuex** · 23-11-2006, 07:11 PM

Seb u should no but isnt torque steer from drive shafts that are different lengths just bad design.

I no a diff will help lol

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**Oneofthegreats** · 23-11-2006, 08:04 PM

Not exactly so, as the mini cooper s has equal length drive shafts(driver's side has a driveshaft extension to the C.V. joint) & even in standard form it has a degree of torque steer. Loads more with the JCW kit.
I helped fit a LSD to one along with a smaller blower pulley & ECU upgrade amongst other little bit's & it had heaps of torque steer through the first three gears.