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Jun 1, 2006 13:07:04 GMT 7
Post by dharvin on Jun 1, 2006 13:07:04 GMT 7
Hello
i would like to know how toe in affects the overall handling of a car during drifting. my car has totally different toe adjustments on all sides and drifts like Crap. a little light on this topic would be nice.
thanks, dharvin
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toe
Jun 1, 2006 23:08:25 GMT 7
Post by chinjmes on Jun 1, 2006 23:08:25 GMT 7
Hello! ;D
Some tuning basics then. First, unless you're running an oval racer, L/R toe settings should always be symmetrical.
- At the rear end, toe out is never used. Rear toe in gives the car more traction. Yes, I know we're running drift cars and rear traction is to us the work of satan. Nevertheless, half a degree of toe in makes the car less twitchy on the straights, or you can run 0 degree toe for flat handling at the back.
- Up over at the front, increasing toe in will increase stability, however initial steering response is decreased. Conversely, increasing toe out increases initial steering response over the sake of straight line stability. Also, the car is more prone to understeer coming out of a turn.
So let's see how you drive. If you turn late and tend to understeer into corners, increasing toe out swings your car into the corner faster. However, if in the middle of a drift you nail the throttle and the car straightens itself rather than continuing sideways, increase toe in or set to neutral.
Having said that, most drift cars will understeer into a turn simply because the PVC tyres up front don't have the traction to steer it. If you don't cut the throttle or brake or use whatever way to shift the weight up front before a turn, you'd be eating the walls anyway, and no amount of chassis tuning is going to correct that.
Hope this helps, now go tune and have fun!
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toe
Jun 2, 2006 7:28:30 GMT 7
Post by dharvin on Jun 2, 2006 7:28:30 GMT 7
thanks for that. if i told you my preferred way of drifting would you be able to give some suggestions on how i might be able to set up the toe adjustments? i like to get the car sideways well before the corner and use a whole heap of throttle becasue i use a silvercan.
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Sept 3, 2006 4:53:20 GMT 7
Post by hopupcrazy on Sept 3, 2006 4:53:20 GMT 7
I have no problem getting a drift going. All i have to do is just turn and it goes. Is this just because im going slow (I would say, about 6-12mph)? I have a little trouble getting a drift going when going fast though. But a little faint drifting fixes that easy.
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