Sentence examples for torque steer from inspiring English sources
noun
A pull of a front wheel drive car's steering to one side (ie. away from straight ahead) when accelerating. This is an undesirable phenomenon and arises from the drive line components that take the engine's power to the two wheels.
Another problem is torque steer (the tendency of the front wheels to fight steering inputs under hard acceleration).
The Mazda does display some torque steer under hard throttle, as the overtaxed front tires send twitches through the steering wheel.
Yet the Mazda combines a limited-slip differential with electronic monitoring of wheelspin and steering-wheel angle to dial back power in the lower gears, holding torque steer well below wrist-snapping levels.
The design largely eliminates torque steer.
Many automakers have done a far better job of taming torque steer.
It suffers from severe torque steer, with the front wheels pulling to one side or the other under hard acceleration.
The system minimizes the pulling-to-the-side condition called torque steer and makes the tall wagon feel agile.
With so much power going to the front wheels, the car hops a bit under maximum acceleration -- a relatively benign fault known as torque steer.
That turbocharged engine can produce modest torque steer, twisting the wheel in the driver's hands when you tromp the gas at lower speeds.
Torque steer, a condition in which burly front-drive cars struggle to point straight ahead under hard acceleration, is especially well controlled.
Even so, the company has set the engine's computer to take the edge off the torque steer by limiting the power available in first and second gear.
