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Originally Posted by Jan Larsen
I did exactly that about 1,5 years ago, best decision ever.
Torque steer is mostly noticeably in onroad, but on carpet, it can also be felt in offroad. When you apply a lot of throttle on a high grip surface, the car tends to steer to a side (which one depends on motor location) on its own, much like a 1:1 FWD car with too much power. To combat this, they started to make belt driven cars in TC and not long after offroad followed. And this was when we still raced with brushed motors - imagine today where we have brushless motors with 3 times the torque.
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For most part i agree with you but i can't agree on the part where you said "they started to make belt driven cars in TC and not long after offroad followed." Belt drive 4wd buggies have been around for a long time. All the great 4wd buggies of old like the Schumacher CAT, Yokomo Super Dog Fighter, Kyosho Optima Mid and Lazer ZX..etc were belt driven. During that time period, the only prominent company that used shaft drive on their 4wd buggies was Tamiya with their Hot Shot, Avante, Egress, Top Force...
