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Old 04-13-2001, 06:13 AM
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Jeff, I think you will probably wear your rear tires a whole lot. Almost a half inch of toe-in is a bunch. As for handling, here is a quote from Don Erb of Comptech: "Rear toe should be about 3-4mm toe-in. The more toe you have on the rear, the more stable the car will be down the straight, and the more stable understeer you will have in the corner." He was referring to an NSX, but I think the theory holds for the S2000 as well.

Also, the Hunter alignment machines can convert between degrees and inches with one keystroke. So it doesn't matter to me what units are specified to me, either is OK.

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Originally posted by sjulius
Also, the Hunter alignment machines can convert between degrees and inches with one keystroke. So it doesn't matter to me what units are specified to me, either is OK.
Yes, but at least on the machine used on my car, not correctly. Also the remote readout used when under the car in the rear would not work when the Hunter was switched to linear measurement.

Have you tried it?
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Chris, I'm pretty sure sjulius isn't going to be able to convert with
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My machine does not have the remote readout.

The toe does change with tire diameter. The point of my comment was that I can set the machine to display whatever units the spec calls for. If the spec is listed in inches, as in the S2000, I can display in inches. If it had been listed in degrees, I could change the display to read in degrees. No big deal. Sometime when I'm bored, I'll calculate what difference a quarter inch in tire diameter would make in total toe, given the same degree spec. Adios.

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Steve,

Your wife should keep somethings to herself
I wasn't referring to you.

Jim
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