Two metrics play a big role in
drive torque tugging on the steering arms: scrub radius and spindle length.
Not exact matches
Smoothness of the
drive: The belt has the quality of putting down the
torque of the engine much more smoothly and gradually than the chain counterpart, in a belt
driven motorcycle you wont feel the sudden
TUG when you twist the throttle.
The Focus ST gets something called
Torque Steer Compensation, which works through the electric steering to counteract the wheel
tug familiar in high - power front -
drive cars under hard acceleration.
Despite pumping all that power through only the front wheels, Honda's magical suspension engineering nullifies the
torque steer that makes lesser front - wheel -
drive vehicles feel as if they
tug to one side during heavy acceleration.
There's no trace of
torque steer, a slight
tugging to the left or right on acceleration that is sometimes a front - wheel -
drive characteristic.
It produced just a hint of
torque steer in hard acceleration - a slight
tugging on the steering wheel common in powerful front -
drive cars - and, occasionally, a whiff of what smelled like a hot catalytic converter.
It's tricky making a high - performance front - wheel -
drive car that is free of
torque steer, a slight
tugging to the left or right under hard acceleration.
The ST employs a so - called
Torque Steer Compensation (TSC) system on its electric steering that's designed to reduce the
tugging effect that is a common symptom of powerful front - wheel -
drive cars.