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Originally Posted by Christ
Neil, Torque steer has to do with axle length, not necessarily suspension components. Most of the FWD cars that suffer from severe torque steer have terrible front differentials and uneven axles.. the shorter axle will become the 'power' side under load and force the car to turn in that direction because the differential is open and can't keep up with the increasing load.
Some mfgs used an intermediate axle so that both sides had equal length CV shafts to fix this problem, and it worked for the most part. Moral of the story is - doesn't really matter what car you take suspension from, the torque steer issue is yours to resolve with driveline components.
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this is correct. perfect example is the saturn ion. the lower trims have different length axles, but it isn't much difference. with the lower power engines, you don't notice it, but with the higher power engine in the redline, and later with the cobalt ss turbocharged, GM made the axles more even in length to address torque steer. since you're using electric power, this gives you a great opportunity to just make things right from the start.