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Old 01-25-2012, 11:16 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kenchan View Post
the principle is the same. the rear toes-out as the suspension compresses. that's why the wiggling butt. the 370Z is much improved vs the G35C, but as i mentioned, the design shares the same principle.

except the shortened torque arm creates toe-in on compression. the funky wandering feeling described here (and in many other threads) comes from excessive toe-in.


I can't speak for the G35 for sure, but when I did bump steer measurements on my 370, I started at ~1/16*, and went to ~3/32* at full compression on the rear.


You can hook your Z up to a bump steer gauge if you don't believe me.
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