Without Ackerman the two front wheels are trying to travel through totally
different arcs when going thru a corner, thus you are scrubbing speed and also
inducing understeer.
----- Original Message -----
From: N197TR4@cs.com
To: dtalbott@archrepro.com ; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: TR 3 Steering
This is the first time I have seen "Ackerman Effect" mentioned relative to
Racing Triumphs. Is it really important or relevant to a TR sliding
through the
corners and sometimes with a locked rear?
Joe (A)
> Speaking of rack and pinion options for TR3's, does anyone have any
> experience
> with the Revington kit? From what I've seen and read about them
on-line,
> they
> seem to say all the right things with respect to minimizing bump steer
and
> adding some Ackerman effect, and it appears to be a very sturdy weld-in
> affair.
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