Re: Torsen theory

["Steve Marinello" <smarinel@neosoft.com>]

> Toe is the unknown at the moment.  It directly affects slip
> angle - what is the static toe setting but an initial slip angle?
> Any toe change due to the suspension movement is going to add to
> or subtract from the slip angle changes due to the weight transfer
> and that I believe is where we should be looking.
>
> Scott, what are the slip angles?  Is a 1/6 deg difference
> significant?  The SAE paper claimed slip angles of 2 deg.
> Initially I thought the static toe setting would be insignificant...
> but 1/6 out of 2 is about 8%.
>
> Just more questions...  let me know if I screwed up on the
> grip analyses.
>
> Orin.
>

And slip angle is so tire dependent that I'm starting to think only in terms
of the force applied through the tire's friction patch and on to the
differential(s), which is, or is equivalent to....???