RE: RE: Aligning a quattro

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <0.708826c4.2539d9e2@aol.com> QSHIPQ@aol.com writes:

> Maybe Michael Sheridan Williams can share with us, how much petrol is in a
> quattro tank at predelivery inspection.  When I sold cars in the mid 80's, we
> were lucky to make it 5miles.  My thinking would be:  What happened to the
> 1/4 tank Phil?

The rear toe setting is -5 minutes, plus or minus 5 minutes.  A quarter
tank of petrol in a 2 tonne car is hardly going to make any difference
to a measurement with 100% tolerance either side.

Someone I will not identify sent me a wonderful quote about rear toe
angles:

   "Rear toe setting should be close to zero, with perhaps a tiny
    bit of toe-in to minimize oversteer on very powerful cars.  If
    you ever have toe-out on the rear, you can expect all sorts of
    wild things to happen, mostly instability and oversteer.
    Check for rear toe-out if scary things are happening out
    there."

   "How to make your car handle" by Fred Puhn.

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 Phil Payne
 UK Audi quattro Owners Club
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