Weaving Under Heavy Braking
Discussion
Just had the car for a little over a week and getting used to it (Mk2 1800) Fitted new tyres a couple of days ago and they feel fine so far (Toyo T1-R).
On the way home tonight I decided to see how the brakes were and took the car to a around 70, checked there were no other cars around and braked very hard, the car immediately went into a weave, not drastic, stayed in my lane but very noticable.
Tyre pressures are OK, 26psi and the alignment was set 1-2deg toe in front and rear when the tyres were fitted.
Now my preference for a track car, which this will be soon, is slight toe out at the front but these settings were apparently the Mazda recomendation so I let it be set like that as a starting point, though if anything my prefered toe out should make it less stable.
So is this a common trait or is there a problem with my car ?
On the way home tonight I decided to see how the brakes were and took the car to a around 70, checked there were no other cars around and braked very hard, the car immediately went into a weave, not drastic, stayed in my lane but very noticable.
Tyre pressures are OK, 26psi and the alignment was set 1-2deg toe in front and rear when the tyres were fitted.
Now my preference for a track car, which this will be soon, is slight toe out at the front but these settings were apparently the Mazda recomendation so I let it be set like that as a starting point, though if anything my prefered toe out should make it less stable.
So is this a common trait or is there a problem with my car ?
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