Trap2Terrorist

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My car's pulling to the right slightly under heavy acceleration, when the pull of the torque is high. When you lift off the accelerator the car then dives back to the left slightly, it's managable but does make long motorway journeys tiring due to the constant steering adjustment when driving in traffic that's not maintaining a constant speed.

This is most noticable on the motorway, due to travelling in a straight line, the high speed, as well as the boost/torque delivered when a lot of throttle is applied in 5th/6th gears. It feels a bit like what I'd expect torque steer to feel like (I can actually keep the car between the white lines on the motorway without using the steering wheel, by pulsing the throttle)

The car has fully adjustable coilovers fitted and had laser wheel alignment done afterwards but do you think it could be related to the camber/toe-in of the {front?} wheels?

Any other possibilities?

mattwrxCS

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Worn track rod/lower ball joint?

Trap2Terrorist

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Wouldn't have thought so, the car's only done 20k miles....?

mattwrxCS

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You failed to add that bit

Trap2Terrorist

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Good point, or what car it is!!!

MY04 Spec C, 20k miles, Apex Gen2 Coilovers, Perrin rear anti sway bar and drop links.

hux309

Worn wishbone bushes would cause this, id imagine it's the front one causing it as it's quite small in relation to the rear bush.

scotty2hotty

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does your car have adjustable caster its possible 1 wheel might be slightly back.

jameswrx

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I'd get it checked somewhere else.. had a similar thing on a car a while back and took it to be tracked up, wasn't any better after and started looking at other possibilities (was getting all in depth looking at wishbone bushes moving under acceleration etc) Then one day I had a look myself and tracking looked visably out to my eye, I adjusted it to what I thought, took it out and it drove A1. Took it to a different place to check the tracking and they said it was pretty much spot on.

Trap2Terrorist

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Thanks for the info James, my car's due a service in a few weeks and I always get my servicing done at Powerstation, so they're a safe bet for sorting our suspension issues.....

Trap2Terrorist

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Soapy Sam

I had this once on my 360bhp type 25 - tracked it to low tyre pressure in front right - it didn't have as much grip as the left one with correct pressure!!