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Postby StanTheMan » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:09 pm

why would you go toe in on the fronts ?
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Postby Hellmun » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:37 pm

If it was primarily a highway car it'd probaly make it track straighter.... always considered toe a preference thing rather than something you can tune for grip.

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Postby Steampunk » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:26 am

Doesn't toe affect steering response? and toe \"in\" means the front half of the wheel/tyre points inward?
I was just taking advice from those who know better, and from what I read, toeing in on the front quickens and eases steering, cause the example scenario is say you are turning left, thus it loads up the right side, thus right-front wheel doing more work than left-front, and if the right-front wheel is already pointed inwards, ie \"toe in\", then you steer into the corner quicker.
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Postby Charlie Brown » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:00 pm

1red5 wrote:Doesn't toe affect steering response? and toe "in" means the front half of the wheel/tyre points inward?
I was just taking advice from those who know better, and from what I read, toeing in on the front quickens and eases steering, cause the example scenario is say you are turning left, thus it loads up the right side, thus right-front wheel doing more work than left-front, and if the right-front wheel is already pointed inwards, ie "toe in", then you steer into the corner quicker.
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No. Toe out on the front improves the turn in but has the draw back of making the car "tramline". Toe in removes this "dartiness" making the car easier to drive.

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Postby Steampunk » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:23 pm

Ahhssoo 8)

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Postby StanTheMan » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:30 pm

I found Lanny,s alignment extremely lethargic,.
but it suits the American freeways
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Postby Steampunk » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:52 am

Ahhssoo ... the specs I found are biased toward highway cruising? Hmmm ... this is good .... cause next time I get her aligned, I'll change the settings to those suggested here and thus she'll turn even better! tre bien! 8)

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Postby Garry » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:48 am

I run a fair bit of toe in on the front because I do a lot of high speed country driving. I found with 0 toe the car is too darty and very tiring to drive long distances like that. If most of my driving was tight twisty roads I would run less toe and enjoy the faster turn in.
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