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BigAl
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:20 am
Post subject:
Meeh, you know what i mean
paulhide
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:06 am
Post subject:
2 to 4 mm toe out is optimum. Racers use up to 7mm (not degrees?) of toe out.
BigAl
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:28 pm
Post subject:
oggie
Quote:
I'm here, and reading you post Al, I think lowering a car won't make a difference to the toe in toe out set up, all I'm aware is that you set the car up with slight toe in so when the car moves it will pretty much align the wheels at speed, I also think that to set the car up toe out will make the steering erratic and help cause tyre wear and road steer (lorry tyre ruts) especially when driving on the slow lane of the motorway. Al what make of tyres did you go for? were they soft Yokohama's?.
I put your reply here as I guessed you posted in the wrong subject
After talking about this subject I have come to the following conclusion. The car is set up with toe out when stationary and when the car is being driven or accelerating the wheels will then start to toe in as the front will rise, therefore bringing the wheels parallel. So I definitely set mine up wrong proven by rapid tyre wear of my "GOODYEAR EAGLE F1'S"
but absolutely no under steer. I agree with you that too much toe out will make steering erratic and cant understand why race cars have them set to as much as 7 degrees toe out, it must work or they wouldn’t do it, hence me asking about a lowered car, obviously they are not looking for tyre longevity, so there must be a happy medium.
BigAl
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:57 pm
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hey Keith, its deffo the tracking as all my bushes are power flex ones, the ball joints are passable for mot and I only got bad tyre wear when I set it to toe in, I’m getting new tyres soon and would like to know where to put the toe for a lowered up rated car for road use.
Maybe set to parallel when completely empty and get toe out when full with petrol and people?
I understand what you are supposed to do with weights for a normal car but does that still apply for a lowered one?
Admin
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:57 am
Post subject:
Hi
Would be inclined to check all the bushes and the ball joints as well. If they are shot then the tracking will be out when being driven and they are under load.
All the best
Keith
BigAl
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:47 pm
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anyone?
BigAl
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:46 pm
Post subject:
nop, tracking is wrong
, whats wrong with my driving, i drive like any other alfa owner
They dont like being driven slowly.
dave
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:54 am
Post subject: tyres
hi
could it be the way you drive ???
now i drive very moderatly most of the time like an old man my tyres last longer
BigAl
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:24 am
Post subject:
Anyone?
BigAl
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:58 pm
Post subject: Front tracking
I had tyres fitted Sat Mar 17, 2007, car was off the road Wed Nov 21, 2007, so that’s 8 months of tyre use, had car back on the road Sat Jun 28, 2008, so that’s another month, bringing it up to 9 months and tyres are down to limit. Need to sort tracking out as that is bad.
What should I set it to as I have been advised to set to parallel on a lowered up rated car as toe out would be horrible in the wet, then others say toe out 3 like the manual and racers even go to 7…
HELP!! Need to get new tyres and don’t want to scrub them out in only 9 months of use.