The Doc
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| posted on 15/9/07 at 09:56 AM |
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Setting up the steering
OK I got through the SVA
I do realise that self centring is desirable but for now I have no intention of remaking my wishbones. I don't think I want to be driving about
with the toe out arrangement which I set up for SVA.
Self centring aside, what's a good compromise on toe in - out etc for general handling?
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donut
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| posted on 15/9/07 at 09:58 AM |
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Zero i would have thought, then you can go from there.
Andy
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graememk
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| posted on 15/9/07 at 10:12 AM |
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mine (indy) is .5 deg toe in
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/9/07 at 10:16 AM |
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Front wheels 0 to 3/32" toe-in across the axle
Important thing wheels should never toe-out as that will cause the car to be twitchy striaght when line running.
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RazMan
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| posted on 15/9/07 at 10:16 AM |
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Ideally you need a fraction of toe in to compensate for the forces exerted on the front wheels in motion, bringing them parallel.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Bob C
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| posted on 15/9/07 at 04:44 PM |
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Amount of toe depends on a number of factors, the scrub radius provides the torque to preload the steering so cortina uprights with their lareg scrub
radius probably need quite a lot of toe in. FWD cars on the other hand, have their wheels pulled forwards by engine thrust (rather than backwards by
drag) so they usually specify a static toe out. I ran my mx5 with toe out for a short while, it still steered OK & wasn't badly behaved but
used to turn -in incredibly sharply. Going to zero static toe (the mx5 has zero scrub radius) restored normal service. Maybe a little toe out could be
used to counteract an inherent understeer - anyone tried that?
Bob
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 15/9/07 at 06:42 PM |
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Zero is a good compromise - that's what I've got anyway! 
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