[DeTomaso] Alignment specs on '72 pre-L?

Göran Malmberg hemipanter at hemipanter.se
Wed Apr 18 16:16:33 EDT 2007


>I am not sure if this is what you are saying but often people use toe out 
>for racing purposes when they simply have too much Ackerman built in. It's 
>the wrong compensation for the problem.
>
> Gary

> Göran Malmberg wrote:
>>
>> Ths is a VERY tricky situation for what toe setting to use, as slipp and 
>> Ackermann
>> (which is a toe factor) varies with speed and cornering radious.
>>
>> Goran
!00% Ackermann is when the front wheel is describing the same radious
during cornering.  Parallell steering is zero Ackermann, meaning that the 
front
wheel is turning the same degree. 100% Ackermann is refered to as when
the steering arm projection has its intersektion in the middle of the rear 
axle.
(Provided the rack is in line with the steering arm rod end).

Do you mean that "to much Ackermann" is refered to as beeing more or less
than 100%?
Goran 





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