Hi Mark, Yeah fair enough - something I just found in a book called "The Racing & High-Performance Tire" explains "...Static toe-out is common at the front wheels on racecars... Static toe-out adds slip angle to the inside tyre and gets that tyre working early in a turn before the weight transfers to the outside tire" ie getting some work from the inside tyre while it can.
Andrew > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
