Alignment specs anyone?
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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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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.
Yes? No?

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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.
Yes? No?
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.
There is a heap of information on alignments in the Archive Section. Have a look there.
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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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