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Old 04-30-2012, 06:37 PM
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For my 1/10 scale Short Course Trucks, I believe most front/rear tires prefer 1 or 2 degrees or so of negative camber. The rear tires are a few degrees of toe in. My question is about toe in/out on the front tires.
For 2 wheel drive SCT:
Front tires have toe in or out? How much?

For 4 wheel drive SCT:
Front tires have toe in or out? How much?

Best tool or way to measure this?
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There's no one right answer. More toe-in will increase staightline stability at the expense of turn-in while toe-out does the opposite. It's a personal preference and setup option so your question is kinda like polling people on what shock oil they run without any other context.

I did find myself linking a slight bit of toe-in when I ran a 2wd SC10 and do always like a slight bit of toe-in on my 4wd SCTE. The reason is that both those car have very sloppy (in the case of the SCTE very, very) front ends and the toe-in helps with wander and I can dial in more steering other ways.

And, again because of the slop, I just eyeball the toe setting.
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It all depends on what you think works best for you. I have my front tires on my scte toed out a little and it seems to help me turn in better.
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I personally keep my front toe-in a bit on my SCTE, as I like to drive a more 2wd style of sliding the rear to get around 180's, rather than turning tight while planted, and the toe in lets me get harder on the throttle faster once I've slid, and keep it controlled, helps if I drift around a loose corner too.
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