MGF and TF suspension: standard tracking data |
Taking your car along to a tyre centre and requesting to have your car's tracking to be checked is usually a simple process: most centres will have our cars on their database. But as our cars become older (and rarer), it may be useful to know what the manufacturer originally intended the settings to be. It may also be a useful reference in case the tracking centre has got their figures wrong (not unheard of)!
Explanation of tracking terms | Camber | Toe angle |
Caster | King Pin Inclination (steering axis) |
Static toe-angle summary
(all MGF/TF models are summarised below)
Note that only toe-angles have adjustment on MGF and TF
suspension - other parameters are largely fixed, and determined by other factors
such as ride height and suspension bush deformation.
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FRONT |
REAR |
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Model
& Derivative |
Total
Toe |
Tolerance
+/- |
Total
Toe |
Tolerance
+/- (degrees) |
MGF |
-0.33 |
0.2 |
0.33 |
0.2 |
MGF
Trophy |
-0.167 |
0.2 |
0.33 |
0.2 |
TF (All models, 2002-2005) |
0 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
Static figures for all
standard tracking parameters
(all MGF and MGTF models)
MGF All models* 1995-2002 (*excluding Trophy 160) |
*MGF Trophy 160SE 2000-2002 |
MGTF All models 2002-2005 |
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Front axle |
Ride height | 368 ± 10mm | 348 ± 10mm | |
Toe (per wheel) | -0o10' ± 06' | -0o05' ± 06' | -0o00' ± 06' | |
Camber | - 0o30' ± 30' | -0o30' ± 30' | ||
Castor | + 5o0' ± 55' | 4o50' ± -1o00' | ||
King Pin Inclination | +11o40' | +11o40' | ||
Steering
angle |
Outer
wheel: |
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Inner
wheel: |
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Rear axle |
Ride height | 363 ± 10mm | 343 ± 10mm | |
Toe (per wheel) | +0o10' ± 06' | +0o10' ± 06' | -0o15' ± 06' | |
Camber | -1o00' ± 30' | -1o00' ± 30' |