Goldfinger-I will not argue the theory on that and I also have heard that anytime you shift the power delivery 90 degrees, you lose an established amount of driveleine efficiency, but in my world-I cannot find a punchier feeling car than a shaft drive and torque steer I have never felt-even on high traction carpet. Just a tweaked car and thats it. If there is any torque steer-I compensate for it without even knowing it I am guessing.