Originally Posted by ABZ_MK2_RS
Ackerman angle is a function of toein/out and steering arm length, the arm length is usually fixed (unless you are making your own parts???) and the ackerman angle will then be dictated by whether you want/need to run toe in or toe out...
This is assuming you are using a normal rack and are not moving it too?!?!?!?! A quick rack will make no difference but a rack with a different throw will, also if the rack is re-positioned it can affect the throw that the steering arms see.
Yes mate, thats all correct.
My question is simply that on a standard cossie, with standard toe-in settings, what is the angle of the two arms in terms of where would they converge if you were to extend an imaginary line along them.
Ackermann obviously states that they should meet at the rear diff, but theory has moved on a long way since then, so im just interested as to how closely the cossie does or doesnt follow his principles.