[Biturbos4] Tires and alignment

[Grant]

The alignment advice is intriguing ...
but why then did Audi spec it with the toe-out in the first place?
There must be some penalty....
Thanks,

Grant

On Mar 18, 2005, at 11:42 PM, Chris Newbold wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 19:52 -0500, Grant wrote:
>
>> Audi familiarity, from what I could see, was irrelevant.  Thrust lines
>> are thrust lines, and degrees are degrees.
>
> Yes, but the multi-link suspension is pretty tricky to line up. You 
> have
> to know the proper order in which to make each adjustment otherwise you
> just end up going in circles, undoing everything you've done so far.
>
> I've seen plenty of shops that take one look at all the arms under 
> there
> and just throw up their hands.
>
> You also want to find people who know how to set these cars up to 
> handle
> well, not just set them to factory specs. For example, you should dial
> all of the toe-in out of the rear and dial much of it out of the front
> too. Does wonders for transitional response...
>
> -- 
> Chris Newbold <chris at newbold.org>
> 2001.5 S4 Avant
>