The ackerman anglle is the angle from the center of the rear axle through
the lower ball joint of the front suspension. If the steering arm tie rod
end lies on theat line then you will have correct ackerman steering. The MG
arms do correct this but only by a very tiny amount. The other part of the
equation is where the rack is located. In the Tiger it is about hell, I
can't remember, but several inches in front of where it should be. And the
steering arms are completley out of whack. If you really want to see the
effects, please go to my web site to see the perfect steering for the tiger
analyses.
http://www.teknett.com/pwp/drmayf/
click on enter, find the analyses URL at the bottom of the page and then
find the perfect steering...
mayf. the red necked ignorant desert rat in PAHrump...
----- Original Message -----
From: <garywinblad@attbi.com>
To: "Arnie Sugar" <asugar@hwageo.com>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>; <wittsend@jps.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: rack & pinion for Ackerman mods
> > All of this makes me think, if you liked your stock steering ratio, why
> > couldn't you just straighten the existing Tiger tie rods to meet the new
> > longer MGB steering arms, isn't this the crux of changing the Ackerman
> > angle?
> >
>
> Arnie, yes, I was thinking of this too!! I think you still have a
problem
> though because the tapered pins of Tiger tie rod ends don't match the
> MGB arms which apparently match the Alpine tie rod ends..
> Gary
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