Steve, et al.,
Your suppositions assume there was some kind of "engineering" going on at
Rootes/Sunbeam, regarding the Tiger. On this point I'm afraid I'm
skeptical. The large turning radius is the result of the toe-in that
becomes progressively worse the tighter you try to turn. At full lock on
the stock Tiger, the toe-in is ca. 4"!! This is REALLY BAD ACKERMAN. If
the outside wheel turned in less and the inside more, the front wheels
would fight each other less and more would be accomplished in terms of
steering the car. Solution: Get MGB steering arms and move the rack back
1/2-3/4".
Bob
At 10:44 AM 12/14/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Turning radius of Tiger is larger than similarly sized cars. Suspect
>limits intentional, becasue of poor Ackerman angle, to provide load
>protection to the suspension system.
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>Steve
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Bob Palmer
UCSD, AMES Dept.
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
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