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Old 4th October 2012, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by alga View Post
spud69, could you chime in on the topic? You mentioned several times that you recommend the caster angle set so the car just starts to self-centre. How do you adjust the angle? What's the downside of having more caster on the Roadster?
I seem to remember this has raised it's head a few times previously and yes technically you're right to bring it up again. You can turn the offset mushroom to the rear to move the steering angle forward a bit to influence the self centering. As you know it doesn't actually move the top pivot point but in my experience of the cars i've helped to set up it does help - the reason why offset mushroom started to be used. Getting the bump steer and toe fine tuned will have the best effect over stability.

I dont claim to be an expert just have some experience to use and pass on.

Cheers.......Andy
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