my friend has a caliber srt-4, he has horrible torque steer, what pats can he buy to dampen the torque steer?

 

Apparently the CSRT4 is notorious for torque steer. Car and Driver said, "What these cars don’t share is torque steer, something that makes the Caliber SRT4 nearly undrivable at full tilt but is pretty well eliminated by suspension and power-steering tuning in the Cobalt SS. And the Dodge features neither launch control nor no-lift shifting."

So tell him to trade in for an SS/TC.

 

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i tried that already lol, but he gopt his csrt-4 for 15000 new at an auction. which is actual a good deal, thats canadian $ by the way

 

Yeah that's a stellar deal, paid probably half of what he would have otherwise.

 

SO, what parts does he need???

 

smaller rims, get some 17s with larger side wall, fixes the problem

 

he's keeping the big rims, he likes those. would tranny mounts help? rotated tranny mounts maybe?

 

im tellin ya, i work at a chrysler dealer, thats the fix.

 

ill keep that in mind, there must be some other option out there tho... and after market piece, something other then downsizing the rims??

 

not that ive heard, trans mounts arent going to fix torque steer, all that fixes it are equal length halfshafts, and the CSRT already has them. 19s are too big.

 

well if he doesnt want to change the rims like he should hahaha. mess with the alignments toe camber and caster. you will lose the cornering ability but you should gain a bunch of traction

 

you dont loose traction in these things when its torque steering, the wheel is just all over the place.

 

is it possible to put on equall length halfshafts?

 

it already has them, re read post.

 

alright, thanks for all the info

 

Tell him to start lifting weights and learn to fight that steering wheel!


No i dont have any helpful advice, sorry

 

lol.

 

dude tell him to sell it, buy a tc, and throw the extra 3- 4 graND IN IT get rid of the station wagon!

 

i tried to talk him into doing exactly that for over an hour, showed him stats, info, vids, and hahns website. he likes the look of the caliber. so i reffered him to my eye doctor

 

haha classic

 

it is an ugly car, its like the guy who designed it only had a ruler in his tool box.