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AWD Alignment Tips What To Do, Why To Do It - Garage
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| REAR TOE-OUT ( Rare for AWD vehicles) | | JUST RIGHT | TOO MUCH | | - Improved mid-turn rotation, preventing | - Violent oversteer on throttle (some | | understeer-induced front tire overload | drifters do this on purpose) | | | - Violent rotation on throttle lift or during | | | trail braking into a turn | | JUST RIGHT | TOO MUCH | | - Ability to apply throttle sooner and harder, | - Sluggish responsiveness and mid-turn | | more manageable oversteer | understeer tendency | | | - Rocking, wandering feeling on turn-in; | | | unstable and awkward. | | CASTER-SETTING GUIDELINES | | | EVO, DSM, WRX, STi | GT-R (OR REAR TORQUE BIASED AWD) | | DEGREES POSITIVE CASTER | 4-6 | 5-6 | | CASTER-SETTING EFFECTS | | POSITIVE CASTER | | JUST RIGHT | TOO MUCH | | - Improved straight-line stability | - Increased steering effort | | - Sharpened turn-in | - Increased understeer from | | - Improved traction throughout turn | mid-turn onward | | | - Increased torque steer |
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