Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:48:12 +0000 (UTC) From: "SimonJ" <Menopsam.net> Subject: Re: RWD.
> >> Are you sure what you're feeling is torque steer? > >> > > I have never yet driven a turboed Saab that didn't have bucketloads of torque > > steer. Actually that comment is wrong, I should have said on transverse engined turboed Saab's (see comment below re c900) > > What specifically are you feeling, under what conditions, that you > are attributing to "bucketloads of torque steer"? > I am feeling the car pulling to the left under hard acceleration. >Which specific models? > 9000 T's (2.0T, 2.3T, 2.3T Carlsson) > My experience (in Turbocharged Saabs that I've owned) is limited to my > classic 900, and my 9-5, both of which behaved extremely well in the > most enthusiastic of driving. I'm not saying you're not feeling it, > it's just that I've never encountered it in a Saab, at all. > I don't remember it being a problem with my 900 T's, but the design of the transmission in those is such that it has equal length driveshafts, torque steer generally being attributed to the different length driveshafts on a FWD car. Cant comment on the 9-5 as I have yet to drive one.