Ouch! My toe.

Roop · Sep 11th, 2003, 03:00 PM

Can any of you fine fellows point me in the direction of an explanation of what effecr toe in/out has on the handling of ones motor? Mine is adjustable at the back but not at the front; I think. Ta muchly.

bahearn · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:17 PM

Toe-out usually cause darty handling and great susceptibilty to following grooves in the roadway. In an autocross/gymkhana/slalom setting it can work to your advantage but it can be tiring from a daily-driver standpoint.

niky · Sep 11th, 2003, 06:58 PM

it's better to have a tiny bit of toe-in for a daily driver... makes the car more stable.

ReVerm · Sep 12th, 2003, 12:32 PM

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Originally posted by Roop
Can any of you fine fellows point me in the direction of an explanation of what effecr toe in/out has on the handling of ones motor? Mine is adjustable at the back but not at the front; I think. Ta muchly.

Look under the Suspension section of Kojima's Garage on Sentra.net. It has a nice little table of various suspension settings and what they do. As for adjustability, toe is normally adjustable in the front (the tie bars you use to control toe does numerous other things so they're usually there). Depending on which chassis you have, it may or may not be adjustable in the rear.

Ninety-Nine SE-L · Sep 13th, 2003, 11:24 AM

for the rear wheels:
slight toe in = more stable
slight toe out = more tossable (less understeer/more oversteer)

the factory will usually set it toe in to keep the car more drivable to the daily driver. For certain motorsports, toe-out can help you toss the car around a corner easier although it can make the car harder to drive. If I were you, I'd hang 1/16" toe in or 0* toe.

On another note, I'm thinking of going to GA for the SERCA convention (although, I'm a GA16). A guy named Steve has a technique that will bend the Sentra's/200sx's rear axle so the wheels will have less toe-in. I'm thinking of going 1/16" toe-in.