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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 07:54 PM
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Hello everyone..
After our recent move to Dayton, Nv. the car was in storage until today. I was able to get it on the road 1st. time since we started the project 3 yr.'s ago. This brings me to a Question?????upon acceleration the cars rear end pulls to my right, and upon deceleration it comes back to the left. I realize this in part to the torque applied and released to the Right rear. Causing some adjustment in steering.
The 78 Vett did come with limited slip or posi-traction???? YES???NO??
And did it always act this way??? I am telling the wife it is normal????
She says her 2010 Mustang does not do that....

So what is the scoop.
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Douglas Brown
Hello everyone..
After our recent move to Dayton, Nv. the car was in storage until today. I was able to get it on the road 1st. time since we started the project 3 yr.'s ago. This brings me to a Question?????upon acceleration the cars rear end pulls to my right, and upon deceleration it comes back to the left. I realize this in part to the torque applied and released to the Right rear. Causing some adjustment in steering.
The 78 Vett did come with limited slip or posi-traction???? YES???NO??
And did it always act this way??? I am telling the wife it is normal????
She says her 2010 Mustang does not do that....

So what is the scoop.
Never mind an answer..just read fishtailing by C6's and others...It's normal, just need to learn to drive it, This is GOOD..wife will not want to drive it.
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 08:26 PM
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That is NOT normal. There is probably a problem in your right side trailing arm assembly - bushing, wheel bearing etc.
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 08:32 PM
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I'll try that one.





http://www.capitalcorvetteclub.ca/at...20Corvette.pdf

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Originally Posted by paul 74
That's what I was thinking.
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Douglas Brown
...upon acceleration the cars rear end pulls to my right, and upon deceleration it comes back to the left...
Sounds like alignment. It is not normal. Has the car been aligned?

...The 78 Vett did come with limited slip or posi-traction...
Positraction became standard equipment beginning with the 1970 models



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