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Re: Using different knucklearms for diff camber Sat, 16 April 2005 01:08 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
also, whats the rest of your wheel alignment set to?

castor changes the camber of the struts as you turn more. you can usually wind a heap of castor into an old toyota, i'm running about 2.75 degrees at the moment. some people think anything over 2.5 is a waste

toe changes greatly how the car turns. toe in will make initial turn in harder, but the car will be alot more stable through the corner, and at high speed, and over crappy road surfaces. toe out makes your car turn in quicker (and alot easier), but it will also respond more to road graduations (this is called bump steer), and will tend to move about a bit more at speed (say >80km/h)

on the street you usually run no toe, or slight toe in. on a racecar you may run toe out depending on situation. currently i have 1mm toe in, and it's nice. i used to have about 4mm toe out on my corolla, which i liked for cornering, but also didn't like beacuse i'm driving the car on god awful regional nsw roads made by council workers who can't do their job properly - hit a really bad patch at 160km/h and i'd be fighting to keep the car in a straight line

it's easy to wreck the handling of a car by just bolting on parts nilly willy, you also need to look at what you're doing with it. if you're just driving on the street, lower it so it looks good but isn't causing problems, stiffen up the springs a little, get good shocks and don't touch anything else
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