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Re: Lowered 80, Wandering car



Alexander van Gerbig wrote:
> 
>     My car seems to wander at highway speeds, worse at above speed limit
> speeds, 80+mph.  The wandering is a weird feeling, steering wheel stays in
> the same position but the car seems to go diagonally across the lane. 

It sounds like too much toe out to me.  This will give you better
turn-in on a corner, but make the car twitchy at high speed.  Wide
tires seem to exacerbate the twitchiness, magnifying every little
irregularity in the road surface.

Eric Fahlgren
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