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Was it AustinP who posted this problem before?
What was your rear toe setting?

All, does the rear tend to toe-out under braking?

No, I don't have this problem, but I recently changed
my alignment from 1/8" total rear toe-in to 1/16", and
I'm wondering if I might see this problem at the track.

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Mail From: Ed Cheal <(email redacted)>

That was me. My rear toe-in was 1/16" on each side (1/8" total). What I took
from all the suggestions and discussion was that my alignment was fine, but
the heavy braking with R-compound tires (Kumho VR's) and decent pads
(Porterfield R4S) is a bit much for the stock ('99 Bilstein sport)
suspension. Either the rear getting light, or suspension geometry changes,
or (most likely) a combination of both.

I doubt the 1/16" by itself would make a big difference. I seem to recall
you were running street tires on the track; still running street tires? I
change in tires will, in more ways than one, make a bigger difference than
the 1/16". -Ed

(Ed Cheal, AKA "AustinP" on the miata and vishnu boards).


> Was it AustinP who posted this problem before?
> What was your rear toe setting?
>
> All, does the rear tend to toe-out under braking?
>
> No, I don't have this problem, but I recently changed
> my alignment from 1/8" total rear toe-in to 1/16", and
> I'm wondering if I might see this problem at the track.
>