172 and torque steer

[GPRIM]

since my 24000 mile service my 172 has gone from slow, to wheelspining in 1st and sometimes 2nd and has loads of torque steer, it also feels a hell of a lot faster, i do need new front tyres but it was never like this before the service. any guys have torque steer when accelerating hard?

 

[Klang1.6]

have it loads tugs it of line when really belting it. so got to be careful if roads are narrow or theres other cars near

 

[badinvincible]

keeps you on your toes though

 

[KDF]

If you still got the contis on, junk em.. I resolved 90% of torque steer and tramlining with a decent set of tyres.

 

[Klang1.6]

what rubber you got on em?

 

[GPRIM]

still have contis as they were the cheapest ones not sure what to get next, have to wait till i get my student loan after easter

 

[KDF]

Im currently using Uniroyal Rainsports all round and am very happy with them.

 

[Scudetto]

yep, my exaltos have almost eliminated the torque steer and tramline. Steerings lovely and fluid now, whereas with the contis it was a bit stodgy.

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[Yugguy]

Wheelspinning in first? LOL, are you sure they havent just knackered the traction control?

 

[BenS]

KDF - I have Rainsports on my Cup and find them to have very soft side walls which I find flexes more than the contis, so at the limit the car feels more squidy and unsafe unless thats me. Ive just gone through front tyres in 1000 miles.

 

[KDF]

I know what you mean Ben, but overall the uniroyals are huge improvement on the contis. Maybe its the stiff sidewall that was causing the heavy tramlining and torque steer.

I run the fronts and backs at a couple more PSI and that seems to have helped, feels very stable if you do 60 and swerve side to side (on a quiet country road obviously)

 

[matt the cat]

dosent have traction control!!

Interesting thought though. The tyres wouldnt just start spinning after ths service. There may have been a change made by renault to ecu? or maybe there is an inbuilt instruction for the engine to be allowed to run better after a given milage?