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| Mar 13, 2018 04:23AM | Alex | |
| Mar 12, 2018 04:37PM | Rosebud |
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I’m wondering if anyone is experiencing torque steer and thinks it’s just a Mini fact of life. I did. Rosebud has 90+ ft/lbs of torque, a Quaife LSD and sticky, semi-slick tires. You would think she’d be the poster child for torque steer. And she was, until I began experimenting with various tire and wheel combination and different alignment settings.The wheels I tested were 10” MiniLites with no offset, 10” Images with ½” offset, and 10” GBs with 1 ½” offset. The tires were Falken 165/70s, Goodyear Double Eagle 205/50s (yeah, I know) and Yokohama Advan 032Rs. Original alignment settings were per factory spec. All but one of the above combinations produced torque steer ranging from moderate to almost uncontrollable and dangerous.
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