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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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Default rear toe in, effect on handling?

My car is .. well .. less the straight. The best I can get out of the rear in 0 toe on the left and 0.09 deg (about 1/16th in) on the right.

I am still a suspension n00b, so can any1 give me some idea as what a setup like this is supposed to do? With 550# rear springs, the car felt fine. I am running 800# now, but have yet to drive it.

Thanks in advance.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 04:01 PM
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Default Re: rear toe in, effect on handling? (SPiFF)

Thats not too bad, but typically rear toe-in can cause some push. It also causes excess scrub down the straights (no scrub = good).

I thought that car had never been seriously hit.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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Default Re: rear toe in, effect on handling? (Catch 22)

Thanks Uncle Catch! Push I can deal with.

The car was built out of a rear-ender. Rebuld title. The rear toe used to be much worse. Neg on one side, pos on the other. A little beating, new bushings, and the current ride height have made it *MUCH* better.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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Default Re: rear toe in, effect on handling? (SPiFF)

You *could* have someone fab you up a longer toe link for that side and get the alignment back to zero. Maybe an offset bushing or 2?
Mr. metalworker has been known to be able to do such things .

Such things done as crash repair efforts are IT legal.
But it HAS to be crash repair.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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porta-power that bitch back to specs.

rear toe-in is no good.
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