I am finally able to afford a Cobra Replica - Please help me decide on one

[madmaxx]

If you just called me acerbic, i will take it as a compliment since I do not know what it means, LOL!!

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

If you just called me acerbic...

Not at all!

Originally Posted by TButtrick

OK then.. I guess we have the Kool-Aid thing under control.

No Kool-Aid drinking about it, torque steer and live axles are a well known, and well discussed, malady. Here, this was the simplest torque-steer/live axle/FFR thread I could find for you. Torque PULL hard to the right

If you want though, you can just skip down to the last post by Mr. Smith:

Originally Posted by B. SMITH

KSTADT,

IF YOU HAVE A LIVE AXLE, THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE FOLLOWING;

LOOKING FROM THE REAR, UNDER ACCELERATION, THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY WANTS TO ROTATE COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. THIS EFFECT PRESSES THE LEFT REAR WHEEL HARDER TO THE PAVEMENT THAN THE RIGHT, ACTUALLY LIFTING THE RIGHT WHEEL, LIKE OLD MUSCLE CARS.

THE END RESULT IS A LEFT SIDE LIFT AND A RIGHT REAR DROP AS THE CAR TRIES TO COMPENSATE. EVEN WITH A TIGHT DIFFERENTIAL YOU PULL TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE THE LEFT REAR IS DOING MOST OF THE FORWARD PUSH DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL TRACTION ON THE LEFT SIDE.

THIS EFFECT IS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED IN I.R.S. VEHICLES.

B. SMITH