Andrew, I never ran the car with toe-in....but I did run it with zero toe. adding just 1-2mm of toe out certainly helped the handling - particularly initial turn in. Somebody did explain this to me......and if my memory serves me correctly, it has something to do with the inside wheel actually turning sharper than the outside, therefore assisting the outside wheel more. Even though the outside wheel takes most of the workload, having the inside wheel turning further than normal helps even further.
That's how I understand it anyway...wether that be right or wrong I do not know. What I can say is....it was definately better. It felt batter, and it was faster on the stop watch......and that is the main thing right? Cheers, Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Greenbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:56 AM 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
