Monkey motion steering...

[908ssp]

Monkey motion steering...I am not being critical here. I was looking at the still picture and realized that something had to move to make that work. I found this picture of the BMW which has the same geometry as the new Mustang the double lower ball joint. I read that because of this system there is some loss in self centering feel. I can also see where any mushiness in the rubber bushings would surely be noticeable. I have to wonder if these bushings are different on different cars the base car compared to the PP cars and the gt350?

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[SloS14]

Coming from an FR-S, I noticed a huge lack of self-centering in the Mustang.

 

[908ssp]

Coming from an FR-S, I noticed a huge lack of self-centering in the Mustang.

Wider tires also tend to have less self centering force. On my 2010 I added stiffer bushings and more caster it had significantly more self centering. Not sure if that will work here. I don't see any adjustment for caster at the bottom where I adjusted it on my old car so it would have to be adjusted at the top at the strut mount. Actually after looking at the gif again the caster is changing as the tire moves that could be part of the problem.

 

[Norm Peterson]

The scrub radius changing could be another factor, might take some of the sharpness out of the steering feel.


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[09jsw]

Coming from an FR-S, I noticed a huge lack of self-centering in the Mustang.

That could be in the factory alignment. Custom specs can fix it.

 

[EcoSnake]

Coming from an FR-S, I noticed a huge lack of self-centering in the Mustang.

I had a 245 width square tire setup on my FRS. The 255 on the EB PP feels similar. Were you always on stock tires?

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