Nope, it would be the diameter...
According to Michelin's website:
Toe: The difference in distance between the front and rear of a pair of
tires mounted on the same axle.
Using the radius would only tell you how far off center the front or rear of
the tire is...
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
To: Tom Holt <tholt@ccsi.com>
Cc: Pete Holsberg <pjh@mccc.edu>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Toe inches & degrees
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Tom Holt wrote:
>
> > It should be:
> > Tire Diameter * sine of the Angle = Toe in inches
> >
> > Tom
>
> Diameter * pi * toe in degrees/ 360 = Toe in inches
>
> Damn trigonometrists always making things more difficult! Plus you needed
> to use the radius for your calculation, not the diameter.
>
> KeS
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