novatemp03

1. What does camber, caster and toe end do in terms of feel in the steering wheel. I think those who post here have said camber puts more tire on the road during turns?. More caster will allow you to feel the tires when pushing upwards on the steering wheel during a turn and I dont know what toe in does. Can someone explain this in high school level vocabulary.

2. How does changeing stagger in tires and offset effect the alignment. Especially since stock tires ( in the front) are narrower than many aftermarket tires.

3. Please forgive me if i am asking a question that has been asked a million times already but just trying to put 2 and 2 together.

mikegarrison

My advice is to go to the public library and pick up a book called Race Car Engineering by Paul Van Valkenberg. You might also try the "... To Win" series of books by Carrol Smith.

There are tons of books out there on how to drive, but fewer good ones about how to set up a car.

Those books are several decades old now, but camber, caster, and toe are even older so that's not a problem.

novatemp03

thanks mike will look for those.

OOH-VAE

Here are the basics on alignment: http://www.familycar.com/Alignment.htm

And here are the effects of changes in alignment: http://www.rallylights.com/other/stuning.htm#alignment

novatemp03

thanks ooh-vae good stuff.