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Re: [Tigers] Tiger Handling

To: CoolVT@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Handling
From: michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:46:08 +1000
Adding wider tyres will make the car track.tramline in ruts more.. so that
isnt beyond reason. As for the other things.. alignment is likely to be the
issue.. how much castor are you running.. adding more castor will help the
feel.. are you running toe in or toe out?

On 28 August 2010 23:57, <CoolVT@aol.com> wrote:

> I've made some changes over the past few years and  haven't been satisfied
> with the handling.  The 2 things that seem different  are:
> Pretty bad understeer on curves at 40  mph+
> Car's tendency to want to follow ruts in the road.
> It seems that the 2 problems are  contradictory.
>
> The things that I've changed from stock  are:
> MG Midget steering rack
> Wheels that were high profile 185 x 13 are now 195 x  50 x16 (front) and
> 205 x 50 x16 (rear).
> Thicker sway bar on front (I think it's  7/8's")
> 1/2" thick shims above the front springs (to raise the  front a  little
> Softened the front shock adjustment because I thought  it would be too hard
> with low profile tires.
> Done an allignment and that seems  good.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Mark L
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Michael King
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