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Old 05-16-2016, 02:18 PM   #2941
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Never. Maybe it might work for a cone dodger, but on a real track with a fast car? Never.


I was lazy so looked where I thought I'd find the fastest answer. The second post in this thread is from Jim Drago on setting up a Spec Miata. "Oh that's not a fast car, what a joke!"

Jim Drago hustled his Spec Miata around Laguna Seca in 1:45 to an 86's 1:51 with Pobst behind the wheel. That's a Miata with <130 horsepower and race slicks that are measley 205's, oh and 1/16"-1/8" toe out at the front according to him.

http://mazdaracers.com/topic/4636-to...ht-line-speed/

Ultimately setting up a racecar is done to the drivers taste, what works for one guy can be a nightmare for another, you can do whatever the hell you like, but saying shit like this is just downright silly.

And I decided to spend another 2 minutes googling and found this:

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In general, an F1 car will have about 1 degree of toe-out on the front tyres and 1-2 degrees toe-in on the rear tyres.
https://thewptformula.com/2016/02/11/analysis/

In this post there's a spyshot of Raikkonen's test Lotus setup sheet showing 1mm toe out on each front wheel (along with an Arrows setup sheet that agrees):
http://f1framework.blogspot.com/2012...car-setup.html

I mean, if you know something that Renault F1 team (Edit: the same team that gave Schumacher and Alonso world championships) doesn't that would help a guy like Kimi Raikkonen go faster you could probably make some good money.
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