Hi Brad, Better cornering how? eg better turn in, exit, balance or overall grip... What steering system did the HQ run, and what were the tyres? Andrew
> I'll throw my thoughts in... My last race car (a *cough* HQ) we used to > run as much toe-out as possible with the setup we had. Will cause more > tyre wear and less stability at speed but better cornering. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > Greenbury > Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 10:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: factory front toe spec > > > Mark, > > On the racecar, how do you find the handling with the toe out, say in > comparison to the same amount of toe in? I would have thought you'd > get more grip/better turn in with the toe in, because the more loaded > (outside) tyre already has a slip angle at the beginning of the corner? > (at the expense of the inside tyre) > > Interested to hear your thoughts, > Andrew > > > Andrew...... Sounds excessive to me. We only run 1-2mm of toe out on > > the race car. > > > > Just checked my workshop manual (Kenneth Ball), it recommends .3" Toe > > IN. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Mark. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrew Greenbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:36 AM > > Subject: factory front toe spec > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > I havent got my service manual on me - does anyone know the spec for > > > > a 1600 front end toe alignment? > > > > > > I quickly checked a wheel alignment done on my car with a tape > > > measure - its been set at roughly 5mm toe out total, or approx > > > 0.3deg toe out per wheel. Any thoughts on if this is excessive?? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send > submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised > redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
