Re: [Land-speed] TOE IN

[DougOdom <dlodom@charter.net>]

Skip Higginbotham wrote:

>
> Now suppose that you run a streamliner with an in-line front end. At 
> what point in the turn radius do you line up the wheels/tires? And if 
> the answer is "straight" how does one do that? Straightedge along the 
> sides of the tires? Which tire is master and which is slave? With any 
> real accuracy, I don't know where the toe in is on my car.
> Skip
>
>
> Skip, I have never run inline wheels. But if I ever do change the 
> liner to inline front tires I  think I would make myself a toe gage. 
> My first idea would be to measure  off the right side of one of the 
> wheels and the left side of the other.  These lines should be 
> paralel.  Now if that didn't handle like I wanted I might think about 
> a little toe in. With the very small tire patch that we have with the 
> LSR tires I don't think a little toe would hurt anything.

What have you found works the best for your car?             Doug Odom 
in big ditch
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