<VV> 1960 Alignment...

[Frank DuVal]

I may be proven wrong here, but toe-out on the front wheels causes 
wandering, not stability. Maybe it is the ammount of toe-out that is the 
determination of stable vs wandering. The cases I've seen were 
excessive, like 1/2" or more of toe out. I do agree that 0" of toe 
in/out is OK for many radial tire applications even on rear wheel drive 
cars. Which side of 0" you set toe to is also determined by how the play 
in the front end is taken up when the car is in forward motion. Hence 
why many front wheel drive cars have slight toe-out, and rear wheel cars 
are slightly toe-in.

Frank DuVal

TimogensTurbo at aol.com wrote:

>This is performance oriented?
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>Front    0.0 - -0.5" camber    3-5 deg. positive castor
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>Highway driving    1/8" toe in       More city / AX    1/8" toe out!
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>Rear     1/4  to  3/8"  Toe - IN!!    You set the Camber by spring height....
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>The Toe OUT in front helps "turn in"  as does the rear toe OUT    which also 
>makes the car extremely stable at high speeds with crosswinds -   or large 
>truck and Motorhomes passing you by..
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>Matt Nall...west coast
>http://members.aol.com/patiomatt
>lots of info!
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