mjonis Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Was trying to find this out, but can't seem to find it on Ford's website: http://www.ford.com/crossovers/edge/specifications/view-all/ I see (or rather, CTRL - F in Firefox doesn't find any "turning" or "ground") Anyone know what the turning diameter, curb to curb is? And what the ground clearance is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilu Ma Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Maybe just under 8"? http://autotk.com/dimensions/ford/edge/2016/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjonis Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Thanks! Now for the hunt for the turning radius/diameter. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezz Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Although the ground clearance is stated as '8' inchs, I've found its actually a lot less, the rear suspension components are like 4-5 inchs off the ground. This shouldn't really be a problem as with changing terrain the wheels will be moving up and down, just thought I would mention it. Also if you get larger rims the turning radius SUCKS, I am yet to make a u-turn without running over the curb or having to turn out wide. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/27/Ford-Edge-Sport-AWD/ they state its almost 40 feet for the sport with 21's, which I'd have to agree with, the smaller rims should improve the turning radius (20's or 19's) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Thanks! Now for the hunt for the turning radius/diameter. LOL! It's somewhere between a truck and a bus. Not the best I've experienced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjm623 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Coming from a 6.5' bed on my F150, where I had to three point turn the entire length of a parking garage one time. I feel like I'm driving a Mini Cooper! Probably not the best judge of turn radius between that and driving trucks commercially for a long time, but this thing turns nice and tight to me. Does have some blind spots up front though, you can't see the nose very well at times. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjonis Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 It's somewhere between a truck and a bus. Not the best I've experienced. Yeah I've seen that mentioned in the reviews, but they don't list the actual radius. I know my '05 Equinox (Lemonox apparently is the correct name for it), has a horrible turning radius. I'm not sure how wide my street is, but even turning right into the neighbors driveway, and then trying to execute a left U-turn, it's impossible to use the drive and entire road width to execute the turn. Awooogah (my best impression of a cruise ship fog horn--LOL) I do suppose I could go to the dealer again and ask for another test drive and take it home (I'm not that far away) and see. not that it's going to be the deciding factor for me, but I'm filling my spreadsheet out (LOL) to be anal-retentive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
037 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Can you explain the theory for the bigger wheel means bigger diameter theory? Bigger wheel means smaller sidewall on the tire so overall diameter stays the same. What am I missing? Although the ground clearance is stated as '8' inchs, I've found its actually a lot less, the rear suspension components are like 4-5 inchs off the ground. This shouldn't really be a problem as with changing terrain the wheels will be moving up and down, just thought I would mention it. Also if you get larger rims the turning radius SUCKS, I am yet to make a u-turn without running over the curb or having to turn out wide. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/27/Ford-Edge-Sport-AWD/ they state its almost 40 feet for the sport with 21's, which I'd have to agree with, the smaller rims should improve the turning radius (20's or 19's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 I could see larger wheels not being able to turn as sharp due to clearance at the front or back of the tire but that would require a change to the steering to shorten the travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezz Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) Ill guess you're talking about the turning diameter right, not the tire diameter (which you're totally right about) There is often a difference in the lock to lock of the steering wheel(at least what I noticed), I should have said larger rims with wider tires will cause a radius increase, (which is usually the case as the rim size goes up) just because the steering system will be set up to prevent the tire from scrubbing on the fender liner and suspension arms. Edited August 12, 2016 by Beezz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezz Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 After doing some googling I found this : http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size-Calculatorfrom a yahoo answers post, so I compared the sports 20 and 21 rims, and the width difference of the tire is .78 inchs, which is significant. The titanium's width is consistent across all rim sizes so I guess the turning radius should be the same. See below for the 18-20's on the titanium and the 20-21's on the sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
037 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 If there is no modification to the steering column I'm gonna go ahead and guess a 195 tire will take up just as much room as a 265. Grab two spares and put it to the test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
037 Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 I'm guessing once again that the only items that matter are size of vehicle and steering angle to which the wheels adhere to, skinny or fat the turning radius should be the same, considering the same car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 I'm guessing once again that the only items that matter are size of vehicle and steering angle to which the wheels adhere to, skinny or fat the turning radius should be the same, considering the same car. Yes. I think the point was that the steering angle was being restricted on cars with larger wheels but I don't think anyone here knows if that's the case or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezz Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) Yeah the angle should be the same if the tires are the same width, but if the tires are wider one of these two cases should apply a) if they don't scrub against anything the angle will be the same b ) if they do scrub then the angle would have been reduced to prevent it, or they would have been spaced out further to prevent this, but that means the suspension would have been altered which is highly unlikely. I saw an sel with the 21's this evening, it appeared to be driving just fine, which means that case (a) seems the most plausible. So they all have the same turning radius. Edited August 14, 2016 by Beezz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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