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Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Kristin.Appenbrink, Oct 24, 2006.

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  1. Kristin.Appenbrink

    Steve Guest

    The truth is that the whole "unequal length half-shaft" myth was as much
    a myth in 1980 as it is now. And the first US built front-drives go back
    a lot further than 1980, too. 1978 was the first US-built
    transverse-engine FWD (Omni/Horizon), but Toronados and Eldorados go
    back to the 60s, and of course we had Cords in the 30s.

    But torque steer has always been about scrub radius, not half-shaft
    length. Have you never noticed that the Eldorados and Toronados had very
    unusual extremely offset (inboard) wheels? That wasn't a stylistic
    choice, it was to move the scrub radius closer to zero.
     
    Steve, Jun 29, 2007
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