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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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^^^ this

It's not the tunes. It's more than likely the LSD. The extra power from the tunes just amplify the effects felt through the steering wheel.
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by TrailBrake
The basemap isn't the issue. I had the Cobb stage 2 93 octane map on my old car, no torque steer.

My new car has the latest GST basemap 93 octane, no torque steer.

Ask others, they will no doubt tell you the same thing, Ralliart don't have torque steer issues

You may have an issue with the front LSD.


Hmm... well My car wasnt like this till I got it tuned. Doesnt really feel like I'm losing traction, just a grip of more power thats hard to control in the front end off the line. Very similar to my old GP GTP and GXP
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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 08:12 AM
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Hmmm. This is odd. Was this with ASC on or off?

As well, how sticky are your tires and what were the road conditions?

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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 05:00 AM
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And to the OP, torque-steer is when the acceleration forces on the front drivetrain 'try to straighten out' the CV joints at the same time you have an asymetrical force. You notice it when accelerating hard and the car wants to lurch to one side (usally to the right) that has to be counter-acted by steering input to the left to stay straight.

In your orignal post you mention 'when i hit bumps...torque steer' - so i just want to make sure we speaking the same lingo here to help you out!

What you are trying to describe (if i am correct) is actually 'bump-steer' - when the hole or hump forces the car to one side requiring a steering input to counteract it. More of Jeep-thing or, in my HEMI Durango, the rear end would 'skip' disconcertingly (until i got new shocks).

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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 02:56 PM
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Call me crazy, But I swear after removing the KN drop in filter this issue is no more
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by root@localhost
Call me crazy, But I swear after removing the KN drop in filter this issue is no more
Yes, I think you are crazy.
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Old Oct 17, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TrailBrake
Hmmm. This is odd. Was this with ASC on or off?

As well, how sticky are your tires and what were the road conditions?
Yes for sure. ASC was on. Tires might be some of the issue as well cause they are a bit worn... Feels like it grips ok, just pulls hard to the left side when getting on it. All dry conditions on the road.

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Call me crazy, But I swear after removing the KN drop in filter this issue is no more

Lol... also after I put in a K&N
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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 07:51 AM
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Yep. yer crazy. The K&N cannot do this.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 09:07 PM
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<strong> **update**</strong>

Lowered tire pressure from 39 to 35.

I put the K&N back in (I got over my paranoia).

Driver mod ( re-positioned my seats)

Absolutely zero issues.



So was it the tire pressure? Coincidentally, the weather is getting cooler here, might that be a factor?
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by root@localhost
<strong> **update**</strong>

Lowered tire pressure from 39 to 35.

So was it the tire pressure? Coincidentally, the weather is getting cooler here, might that be a factor?
Overinflated tires, especially if they're worn, would absolutely do this. Glad it's sored.
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Old Nov 1, 2013 | 08:56 AM
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Hopefully the tires are not worn unevenly from the over-inflation.

If this had been torque steer, the pull is usually to the right not the left.
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