Handling package - Adjustable strut top mounts?

[svttim]

Proper toe will affect your steering feel quite a bit. Honestly, I wouldn't want to drive on track with a lot of toe-out... Even just driving on the street, the steering felt really loose until I got the toe set back to near-zero. The good news is that it's relatively easy to get the car back to near-zero toe with just a measuring tape and a couple wrenches on the tie rod end and nut.

On track, Ford recommends toe in

Sponsored

 

[THX 138]

On track, Ford recommends toe in

Correct, but only a tenth of a degree... That’s why I said “near zero” toe. The point is to avoid toe-out on track. Zero toe (or close to it) is fine for 99% of track drivers.

 

[slikk66]

After the install of the plates they aligned the car. I haven't touched anything yet, but it feels different, very floaty almost. Also seems to tramline more.

I dont have the sheet in front of me, but it has numbers for "actual" and "before". If I read it correctly, it had like -.28 toe and now it has -.08 and i can definitely feel a difference. Btw the "range" for toe max was -.15 so it was off to begin with.

 

[slikk66]

Just to follow up here, I was able to set max camber at the track, car felt fine, even better than before.. and then put it back and drove home.. no obvious issues at all!

 

[911GT350R]

I am going to assume these are NOT the adjustable struts on my R? Tramlines and pulls all over the road like a team of wild horses btw.

 

[09cs]

I am going to assume these are NOT the adjustable struts on my R? Tramlines and pulls all over the road like a team of wild horses btw.

Not the adjustable ones. My non R tram lines with the Cup 2’s as well

 

[911GT350R]

Not the adjustable ones. My non R tram lines with the Cup 2’s as well

thanks bro...calling the dealer in the morning then.

 

[09cs]

thanks bro...calling the dealer in the morning then.

Good luck, been arguing with my dealer for 2.5 months looking for my adjustable plates that are supposed to come with the handling package

 

[Mrhavasu]

Can someone post pics of the adjustable ones please?
Thanks

 

[orangegrower]

Can someone post pics of the adjustable ones please?
Thanks

Go to post #6.

 

[1981Scrambler]

How do these work. Once installed is there a quick way to adjust from track to regular driving?

 

[orangegrower]

How do these work. Once installed is there a quick way to adjust from track to regular driving?

No the proper way would be to have the car on an alignment rack to switch between track and street driving settings.

 

[jmn444]

welllllll.... depends on you and what tools/skills you have.

You can simply raise the front of the car, loosen the 3 nuts on the strut top and pull/push the strut in/out as you see fit, but it WILL affect toe as you move it, so the answer is more of a maybe.... IMO you need a good camber gauge and toe plates to be sure you aren't doing something that will kill the tires.

I keep this car set for track, but on previous S197 cars it worked out where going from full outboard w/ slight toe in for street, to max inboard for autocross would make the toe out about right for autox. If you're doing track though you want (IMO) more like zero toe so this process may not work as well.

 

[orangegrower]

ou can simply raise the front of the car, loosen the 3 nuts on the strut top and pull/push the strut in/out as you see fit, but it WILL affect toe as you move it, so the answer is more of a maybe.... IMO you need a good camber gauge and toe plates to be sure you aren't doing something that will kill the tires.

That is why I said the proper way is to use an alignment rack.

 

[1981Scrambler]

Sooooo if I’m planning on averaging one maybe two track days a year, am I ok not having the plates installed?

Sponsored