[Healeys] FW: Toe In

[Oudesluys]

In all out racing and rallying it is not all that important as steering 
is more by throttle that by steering wheel and wear is hardly an issue. 
However in day to day driving it is fairly importan to save your tires 
and  keep the steering from wandering to much.
Kees Oudesluijs


J. Armour schreef op 10-8-2015 om 15:51:
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> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Toe In
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> That great Australian 'works' Healey driver Paul Hawkins after he 
> drove Sprites and 3000s at Sebring,LeMans and ther Targa Florio went 
> on to be a 'works Porsche and Ford GT driver. He also drove a F.1 
> Lotus at Monarco
> Anyway when he drove one of the Porsches he thought it handled badly 
> and was not backward in advising the Porsche factory mechanics. Paul 
> claimed the wheel alignment was out. Team Porsche said this is 
> impossible as it was set at the factory and consquently a mere driver 
> should not change it. Hawkins being a hands-on mechanic ( he did own a 
> BN.2 in Australia ) said crap and got 4 oil drums and some string and 
> his favourite spanner. On completion of the re-alignment he then went 
> out and was some seconds faster. Job done.
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> Moral of the story is 4 corner objects and some string will do it.
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> For those who have not viewed it take a look at Paul and Timo Makinen 
> at work in a 'works' 3000   ABL 92B ( ? ) at the Targa. Some sound 
> effects at the beginning and in car footage.
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> Joe
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> Roger--
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> That is the way I set toe on my race cars.  It may not be as precise 
> as some of the fancy equipment out there but I think it works within 
> the limitations of our cars.
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> Best--Michael Oritt
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>     Wonder how critical this toe in really is ?
>     rg
>     67 BJ8
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