Hi Paul, Most cars are set for a slight toe-in, but considering that in FWD cars, the wheels are pulling the car, Then tend to get a slight bit more toe-in dynamically when driving, so to give them a neutral toe You need to set them a hair toe-out in rest. I do this myself on a flat and level road/parking lot. I also keep a note of how much I turned the tie rod, so I can easily set it back to where it was. Also, I work on only one tie-rod as the changes are so minimal that you don't notice the steering wheel "straight" being off. My last improvement from 3.9 to 4.9 miles per kWh was achieved by turning the tie rod only 1/2 turn "shorter" (turning the inner tie rod further into the outer tie rod, shortening it by 1/2 thread width) Using just one crescent wrench, this was 2 minutes work. Hope this helps, Cor.
-----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul dove via EV Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 3:39 AM To: Hoegberg; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Low efficiency on your EV? Check the toe-in! I wonder if that would help on my I-MiEV ? I thought I had lost quite a bit of range but I put 40 psi in the tires and I recovered half of what I lost. Anyone know the proper alignment on a I-MiEV? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 28, 2017, at 2:22 AM, Hoegberg via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ________________________________ > Från: EV <[email protected]> för Cor van de Water via EV > <[email protected]> > Skickat: den 28 april 2017 02:25 > Till: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Ämne: Re: [EVDL] Low efficiency on your EV? Check the toe-in! > >> After doing the toe-OUT on my Leaf I had parked it for a while > (I am selling it, as I am always driving my electric truck) But today > I decided to take it to work for the day so it is not Sitting for too > long. >> Wow! The miles/kWh varied a bit, traffic was mixed, some local and > Some freeway, but it stayed between 4.9 and 5.2 miles/kWh. > Before the toe adjustment, I had difficulty to keep it above 3.8 So, > apparently this is an *important* adjustment if you are driving Your > Leaf careful but are not getting the efficiency near 5 mi/kWh. > This is greatly extending the range of my Leaf, now that I know how! > Cor. > > > - Thank you for the report, interesting! > What is the battery-power at 70(or90) kmh? > > How to convert that "efficiency"-number to standard energy > consumption? (kWh/100km) > > I have done this on my Volvo V70 also some years ago, it did help a > lot, but the car with more neutral toe adjustment - needs a bit more > active driver on the steering wheel, > > It would be interesting to try to adjust it *live* and watch the power > needed when running 90kmh or so. > > Also the main problem with this fossil-car is the engine.. > it uses more energy than the leaf per km, just at no load to turn the > crankshaft and other tings.. > and about 4-5 times more energy when running 90kmh > > It takes about 2kwh per 10 km *at engine idle* no load, with the > clutch down in 60 kmh.. > > /john > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170428/86 > e3ab89/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag > racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
