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Old 01-07-2002, 11:16 AM
Ken McDonough Ken McDonough is offline
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Alan and John,

You are right, I should have given more info.

As a car goes around a sharp corner the inside front wheel goes around a smaller diameter circle than the out side one. If they both started out pointing relatively straight down the road then the inside wheel needs to turn more than the outside one. Thus the term "toe out on turns". Most manufacturers give this little attention in suspension design. They are more concerned with bumpsteer, return to center, anti dive, etc. At highway speeds it just is not a problem. You may have noticed your street car jump or squeel if you made a slow u-turn in a parking lot. This would be due to lack of toe out on turns.

I called a couple of the after market MII suppliers to no avail. A post on Classic Roadsters page sent me here.

Thanks Ken
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