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  • nando
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    • Nov 2003
    • 34827

    #46
    Originally posted by Fidhle007
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    If you lower the front of your car, you will have more camber. If you don't want camber, don't lower your car. If you don't want tire wear, get it fucking aligned and don't drive like a shithead.
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    • StereoInstaller1
      GAS
      • Jul 2004
      • 22679

      #47
      A new set of rear trailing arm bushings will do more to save your tires than anything.

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      • Lsb_E30
        Advanced Member
        • Nov 2006
        • 112

        #48
        Knockenwel I would like to correct you baised off my experience working on formula 3 racecars as well as a couple other track vehicles. Toe out does not cause a scrubbing of the inner part of the tire, the negative camber will. Toe out wont even scrub speed compared to the wheels being straight foward. I see alot of people posting things these days and dont have their facts straight. Not knocking you, just correcting your mistake...

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        • nando
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          • Nov 2003
          • 34827

          #49
          so is that why my car ate a set of tires in about a month because my toe was all screwed up? ;)
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          • Lsb_E30
            Advanced Member
            • Nov 2006
            • 112

            #50
            Nando, read above post ^^

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            • nando
              Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 34827

              #51
              Originally posted by Lsb_E30
              Nando, read above post ^^
              er, I was replying to it. I was implying that the cause of my extreme tire wear was caused by a bad toe setting, and it was, because I had the car aligned and the next set of tires (same kind) lasted much longer.
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              • Hellabad
                E30 Modder
                • Aug 2008
                • 807

                #52
                Originally posted by Lsb_E30
                Knockenwel I would like to correct you baised off my experience working on formula 3 racecars as well as a couple other track vehicles. Toe out does not cause a scrubbing of the inner part of the tire, the negative camber will. Toe out wont even scrub speed compared to the wheels being straight foward. I see alot of people posting things these days and dont have their facts straight. Not knocking you, just correcting your mistake...
                FYI I disagree based on my personal experience. Not knocking you, maybe its a open wheel vs tin top thing, but I really have always had a different result than you with race cars.

                Its harder for me to push a dead racecar with 1/4 toe out, than it is to push a car with -4 camber.


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                Last edited by Hellabad; 12-30-2009, 03:49 PM.
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                • Hellabad
                  E30 Modder
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 807

                  #53
                  Originally posted by nando
                  so is that why my car ate a set of tires in about a month because my toe was all screwed up? ;)
                  Yes.
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                  • nando
                    Moderator
                    • Nov 2003
                    • 34827

                    #54
                    oh yeah, it also squealed like a pig when I pushed it on my epoxied garage floor. Definitely some resistance there.
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