Negative toe in

[Jimmy Cliff]

hey guys,

someone can explain the advantage of front axle negative toe in on rwd cars?

jake.

 

[Eric Rowland]

It reduces understeer and frees up the car during initial turn in.

 

[Jimmy Cliff]

frees up during initial turn in?
what exactly do you mean with frees up the car?

 

[Mikko Lashay]

Useful guides about toe here: http://www.advancedracing.com/chassissetup.php and here (pdf file page7): http://www.racedepartment.com/threads/racedepartment-setup-guide.1085/

 

[Jimmy Cliff]

nice article Mikko, thanks.
Always tought toe in has the better initial turn-in peformance as the moment weight is beeing transfered to the outer tire it already has a slight stearing angle in the correct turning direction and gerenates lateral force as cause of the existent slip angle. While heavily negative toe in tire might not even point in the direction you want to turn.

 

[Mikko Lashay]

Welcome Jimmy