Originally posted by morpwr
roddude65,
if by reasearching real race cars you mean being a crew chief and engine builder for three year and finishing in the top 3 all 3 years ok.plus having been at gsoline ally and talked to the guys that build the indy cars.real cars dont run 2-3 degrees of toe in at the rear this would scrub the outside of the tire off and build huge amounts off heat in to the tiresquickly.more like 1/2 degree toe in.yes i understand why we do it,but running as little as possible in the rear and doing other things to get traction makes a faster better handling car.most of the coning on the rear is due to the large amount of toe in we are forced to use.basically we are dragging the tire outside edge first,so this scrubs it off.just like on a real car when the alignment is off if its toed out the inside will wear,toed in the outside will wear.as the version 2 suspension will allow us to due some different things now i was trying to get some thought going on this subject as the mugen cars dont run as much toe in as the tc3 needs too.running less rear toe will only make us faster everywhere and cause less tire wear.
But... The tires we use have different grip charecteristics than real race tires, but still the concept is correct; using lower amounts of toe will make the car faster everywhere, and help the tires wear more evenly.