Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Granted I haven't drivven a 400whp srt4, I have driven a near 300whp one and the torque steer, although present, really ain't that bad. For a stock differential on a stock/near stock car, Dodge did nothing wrong. My escort has more torque steer than a stock/near stock srt4.
The problem doesn't really show itself until you change turbos or highly modify the stock one. The stock one doesn't flow enough air to hold the power it makes to redline. So when someone with a stock turbo SRT claims they make 300hp, which is fairly easy to do...know that's a peak number and by redline they're probably around 265 or so. They make a "SST" turbo (super stock turbo) that does flow a little better...but the downside is all the heat created from forcing it to flow so much air. With the bigger turbos once they spool up they hit insanely hard and hold it to redline.
With the Caliber coming with 300hp from the factory it should be pretty interesting to see how it does out of the box as far as torque steer goes.
'03 SRT-4
50 trim turbo + support
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