Hello everyone. In a effort to be sure each and everyone learns from my knowledge, fortunately I was able to save several of my posts to many questions. I am going to post them here.
Over the next several weeks I will be posting comments to many different questions that I have answered.
I will make no comment on these posts and do not expect any debate on them. You may debate on them in a new thread as you wish.
Maybe you guys could suggest to Bob to preserve these somewhere for all to learn from.
I would very strongly suggest that you copy/print or save these posts.
Here goes the first installment:
Installment 1
Speaking to setting toe-out.
It seems that no one can explain this one. OR they know it and just do not bother to tell anyone.
Here is your answer.
Since the right front is heavier than the left front, the right front will have a higher slip angle. Slip angle is the difference between the direction the wheel rotates and the direction the tires contact patch points. Remember, this is a rubber tire and it flexes in all directions. Real race tires are more flexible than DOT tires and will have higher slip angles due to their construction. The reason the slip angle is important to our toe setting is that we should align the slip angles rather than the wheels.
At the point in a turn where the right front is turned right in a drift, the wheel is dragging the tire, inducing a slip angle. With the wheels toed out, the tires contact patch is running truer to the direction of travel than the wheel. With this in mind, we need to set the toe out using the right front, which compensates for the degree of slip angle difference.
There is a method to the madness.
Over the next several weeks I will be posting comments to many different questions that I have answered.
I will make no comment on these posts and do not expect any debate on them. You may debate on them in a new thread as you wish.
Maybe you guys could suggest to Bob to preserve these somewhere for all to learn from.
I would very strongly suggest that you copy/print or save these posts.
Here goes the first installment:
Installment 1
Speaking to setting toe-out.
It seems that no one can explain this one. OR they know it and just do not bother to tell anyone.
Here is your answer.
Since the right front is heavier than the left front, the right front will have a higher slip angle. Slip angle is the difference between the direction the wheel rotates and the direction the tires contact patch points. Remember, this is a rubber tire and it flexes in all directions. Real race tires are more flexible than DOT tires and will have higher slip angles due to their construction. The reason the slip angle is important to our toe setting is that we should align the slip angles rather than the wheels.
At the point in a turn where the right front is turned right in a drift, the wheel is dragging the tire, inducing a slip angle. With the wheels toed out, the tires contact patch is running truer to the direction of travel than the wheel. With this in mind, we need to set the toe out using the right front, which compensates for the degree of slip angle difference.
There is a method to the madness.