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Old 01-11-2003 | 07:35 AM
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5 degrees?


Toe in on the front tires increases your straight away stability but you will loose some turn in ability.
Toe out in the front will decrease your straight away stability but will give you good turn in speed.

Toe in for the rear gives much more rear traction but scrubs off speed.
Excessive toe in any direction scrubs speed so stay away for exteme amounts, usually only a slight bit is needed.
Also dont try to compensate with only one tuning option, use all the ingredients for the recipe equally to get a good setup.

In this particular case it sounds like you are pushing coming out of the turns. Yes you can learn to drive that car this way , in that I would come into the turn slightly fast and grab a little break to make the turn , once the turn is complete get back on the gas.

It sounds though like you maybe want the car to pull through the turn...in which case a heavier diff fluid up front might work.

You could do a lot here depending on what you want, shock oil, ride height (lower end has more traction) camber etc.

I always set my cars up to push hard into the turns, I start working out the push till I get it where I want it. I like my cars to have a little push though.

Dbow