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Philster -> RE: kyosho inferno gt ready sey (5/3/2006 7:40:57 PM)
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I wouldn't tinker with toe in yet. I'd try the camber first. Add a little negative camber to the rears. Negative camber is when the tops of the tires lean in towards the body.
When the car corners, the cornering action actually puts more rear rubber on the road (when set with negative camber) as the car rolls over to that side, getting more rear tire to contact the ground, while simultaneously the front tires (set up with positive or nuetral camber) roll over onto their sides somewhat, giving up some contact area when cornering. Through a turn, you have given the rears a little more advantage than they'd have otherwise.
Ultimately, you might not be able to overcome an 'oversteer' condition completely, but you can fight it. Oversteer is when the tail comes out first -- Usually a product of vehicle weight balance, power transfer and suspension/chassis design. For example, tail- heavy rear-wheel drive cars like a Porsche 911 can mimimize the oversteer and make it usable, but it is unlikely, even with a lot of rear negative camber, that it will ever be nuetral or understeer.
If you can add beefier rear tires, that would help, too. Cars prone to tail-out driving benefit from negative rear camber (possibly in conjunction with positive front camber) and oversized rear tires.
Toe in: This might affect the responsiveness and or tracking of the car (ability to respond to input and/or maintain a given path over bumpy or rutted surfaces). Toe in would be more forgiving, but less responsive. Toe out would be more responsive, but more prone to upset from bumps and ruts. Even off raod vehicles use some degree of toe out.
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