Holy torque steer Batman!

[CBlueMS3]

I've never had an issue with toque steer myself, even when cornering. Tires are bald now, though, so I do feel it from time to time, but it's always been predictable and manageable. Always, always pulls to left if I'm going to straight.

But I've read in car rags and posts around here that it's pretty bad. Maybe I'm just used to the wheel-hop/torque-steer fail of the two SRT-4's my family had a few years back (not SRT-4 bashing, I love those cars to death, and I'm glad my brother bought the first one from my parents). The Mazda has wider stickier tires and weighs a bit more, so that helps to tame it. I don't consider the DSC because I HATE it and it's always off when I'm boosting.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but I feel I must slightly rant on how if the tires slip in the slightest the car doesn't just dial back a bit of torque to compensate. It absolutely lays down and feels like it's coasting. The nose just dips down, and the car says, "Ah!!! Wheel slip, WTF!? NO!!!!!!"
Throttle modulation > DSC.

 

[hectik1]

Start working out. The torque steer isn't bad and the car has never wrenched the wheel out of my hand.(wink)

For people not expecting it though...

When my dad drove my car for the first time I tell him to get on it. He goes in 1st, shifts into 2nd hard and the car almost torque steers into a parked car along the street!(lol)

 

[Abilor]

I'll never forget the first time I was on a country lane at night, testing my new Nano SRI and Turbosmart BPV, and I discovered a funny button near my turn signal called "DSC OFF". I hit it, and the yellow light came on. "Funny", I thought, and floored it in second gear when I was already at 3,000 RPM.

Suddenly I was riding one of those mechanical bulls in bars in Montana, scared for my life and loving every minute of it. It was the first time I thought I had gotten into something I couldn't handle with this car. I went from about 35 to 65 in maybe 1.5 seconds.

Now I do it all the time just to wrestle the wheel. The chaos is lovely.

I've test driven a 370z with manual and done a sub-5.0s 0-60, and it is one league up for sure, but producing sick torque steer makes me feel like that test drive again.

 

[Jackyll]

I've never really had a tq steer experience I wasn't expecting besides the first time I got on it in 2nd coming out of a turn when I found the DSC button. Other then that its pretty predictable. Worst thing is how the car kinda twitches when you go over the bumps and "patched pot holes" we have all over the place here.

 

[viper117630]

Its the "Wild Child"! I love the tq steer! Of course there can be bad timing for it though
I do know when to expect it now and I tend to look for uneven pavement which could cause it if I have to launch hard from a light.

 

[SPEED305]

I do enjoy wrestling the car into a straight line. Gives it that chaotic feel. Call me nuts, I like it.

+1.

 

[LazerBlueP5]

Yea, torque steer is actually one of my favorite things about this car. Makes you feel like you're riding a bull.

(lol) You are certifiably crazy.

 

[xxxmonoxidechil]

TQ steer is a long standing mazda tradition. lol. every drive a 88-92 mx6 GT turbo? those COULD rip the wheel out of your hands if your werent holding on.

 

[Newf]

what is this torque you speak of? I've never experienced such a thing

 

[Donas64]

what is this torque you speak of? I've never experienced such a thing

(cabpatch)

 

[Peter B]

what is this torque you speak of? I've never experienced such a thing

You damn kids with your confounded all wheel drive!(pissed) GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

[Donas64]

what is this torque you speak of? I've never experienced such a thing

for a brief second, I thought you drove an RX-8

 

[Sphincter]

Torque steer is there, but unless you're as strong as a twelve years old girl, you should be able to handle it. Just prevent it by gripping the steering wheel and it won't happen.

 

[coololddude]

I can handle Torque Steer, Its low Horsepower and Torque that makes me cry!! MS3= No Problem!

 

[tiagotiago]

Yeah, as long as you're expecting it, torquesteer isn't really a problem that will startle you, it's just something you'll handle without concious thought after a while.

But about a year ago when the car was still new, I took a corner I am very familiar with, but for some reason my right foot decided to treat it as if I was still driving my previous car (with it's ground shaking 110 HP and stump pulling 120 lb-ft) so I sorta floored it. The car's torque plus some dirt/sand off line made things very interesting for a few seconds.

 

[619MS3]

Yeah, as long as you're expecting it, torquesteer isn't really a problem that will startle you, it's just something you'll handle without concious thought after a while.

But about a year ago when the car was still new, I took a corner I am very familiar with, but for some reason my right foot decided to treat it as if I was still driving my previous car (with it's ground shaking 110 HP and stump pulling 120 lb-ft) so I sorta floored it. The car's torque plus some dirt/sand off line made things very interesting for a few seconds.

Yea first time I drove one, the owner let me take it out all by myself because she had to watch her kids and her husband wasnt home. I got on it in 2nd having no idea what TQ steer was and it ripped the wheel outta my hands for a sec and the DSC probably saved me from an embarrassing trip into the hedges along the road that I was on. Scary as s*** at the time with someone else's car, but makes for a funny story nevertheless.