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A car that has been aligned with the proper amount of static toe-in will be at ZERO TOE when driving down the road. Once moving, the forces at work make the tires want to toe-out, and the simple goal of static toe-in is to approximate the "give" in the components involved so that zero toe is achieved once in motion. Therefore, the inboard tire is NOT EVER traversing through straight ahead on the way to toeing out at the instant a turn is begun - the first movement is away from straight ahead into toe-out.





So back to "science". The above is what I have read/understood more or less to be the toe-in mantra for many years. However you mention "forces at work" What exactly are those forces? And are they speed dependent ( ie wind drag, tire slip, brake drag, etc) and if the main purpose is to allow suspension compliance until zero toe is achieved, what magic happens that stops all this compliance when zero toe is achieved, but the forces continue to rise as speed increases, or is it just zero toe at one set speed, and toe out above? Is this the basis for 11/16" TR? If tire slip was the main force, it would seem to me that as soon as zero toe was reached, the force would diminish, suspension compliance would return wheels to toe in and the process would start all over again, not an ideal situation.

Anyone?

Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.