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Old 01-18-2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by KAA
So let me see if I understand this correctly. By increasing KPI, the intersection of the imaginary line drawn through the upper and lower balljoints and the tire contact patch would move outward closer to the center of the contact patch? Or another way to visualize it, the upper balljoint would move in closer to the vehicle with the snout in the same horizontal position?
You got it. Of course, you could move the lower ball joint outward as well. Whether you could move the upper ball joint inward enough with just alignment, I don't know - so you might need custom upper control arms.
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