Geordie, this is the paid for translation......... : ) hope it helps. "While it can" being the operative phrase. The inside tyre doesnt stay on the deck with any appreciable contact/loading very long : ) Cheers Feral Errol www.Datrats.com.au
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 5:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: factory front toe spec U been using Altavista Babelfish on Japanese websites again? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:40 PM Subject: RE: factory front toe spec > While it can being the operative as the inside tyre doesnt stay on the deck > with any appreciable contact loading very long : ) > > > Cheers > Feral Errol > www.Datrats.com.au > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew > Greenbury > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: factory front toe spec > > > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
