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Originally Posted by Spartarus
I can feel the outside wheel "toe in" when taking a set. I can also feel the worn out bushings flexing... 130k and 13 years is hard on rubber.
Anybody with insight on the differences in toe change...?
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You'd acutally want the outside rear wheel to toe OUT to promote rotation.
Honda was messing with this a decade before the S2k came out.
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Some light googling s2ki is telling me that the S2k has a toe curve that goes toe out when unloaded, toes in, then begins to toe out again when it gets compressed far enough. That's what catches people off guard as they turn, turn harder turn harder, oh shit the car started turning harder on its own and it's too late for me to countersteer and save it. And the toe out when unloaded can make heavy braking a bit hairy.
Seems like fun, hope I get to drive a stock one someday (if there are any left)
fwiw the 86 just toes in as it compresses, and something similar to the S2k was designed into the NC Miata that got a lot of question marks from the public when people figured it out.