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Old 16th September 2009, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RAYLEE29 View Post
Hi,
I believe there is more than one way of causing bumpsteer but i may be wrong, ive been modding cars for nearly 30 years and have experience of people fitting wheels with too much offset.
if you move the contact patch too far away from the middle of the point where the kingpin inclination hits the floor you will adversly effect the handling
when you go over a bump the car will try to steer into the bump if thats not bumpsteer what is it??
anyone remember the carlos fandango ad with the anglia with oversize wheels!!
Ray

Using too small an offset will increase the scrub radius, not necessarily a bad thing until you get a blowout. It will increase the 'feel' of the steering, the self centring. It wont affect the bumpsteer, that is where the different geometry of the track control arm to wishbones will cause a steering input as the hub assembly rises and falls.
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