Not to rekindle an old discussion, but I ran across some interesting data points for the "for what it's worth" column. The Jan. issue of Road and Track had an article on drifting (YUK) that included a chart that showed the inside and outside turn angles for several cars including the '10 Corvette Grand Sport, Mustang, BMW M3, Miata, and others. It was interesting to note that the longer the wheel base/wider the tires/stiffer the roll resistance/higher the horsepower, the less steering angle difference between the inside and outside tires there was (i.e., less Ackermann effect). At about 30 degrees of turn angle, the Corvette had .3 degrees of toe out (30.6 degrees - inside wheel, 30.3 degrees - outside wheel), the Mustang had just under 3 degrees of difference (toe out), and the BMW and Miata had between 6 and 7 degrees. You can draw your own conclusions.
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