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achieving more front camber
pazz:
More is not necessarily better.
I am no expert by any means....
But from what I remember of trying to setup my last car (yes I wasted a huge amount of money trying to get it right) increased negative camber leads to better turn-in, however there is an optimum before you have so little actual tyre on the road that grip is lost.
Take for example this setup. Nowadays its done for the look, but the jap's were cambering all their RWD monsters in, to allow easy tyre breakaway - allowing on/off controllable drifting.
Aggressive negative camber results in an uneven load placed on the tyre; the tread width is not utilised. And you could safely say that you wasted time and money buying the width of tyre you have bought.
But yes, more negative camber gives a better turn in, but there are side-effects and downsides to going at it all-guns-blazing.
Janner_Sy:
i understand a little about it i guess.
i know too much negative camber wil be great for cornering but it will have detrimental effect on straight line traction as well as excessive tyre wear. both of which i dont want.
I also understand that with the additional castor provided by the Whiteline anti lift kit, you develop dynamic castor upon turning.
So my point is, should i increase the castor on the front to give even more dynamic negative camber. thus keeping straight line traction high, and tyre wear at a minimum or should i adjust to say -2 degrees camber on the front combined with the WALK.
another thing i understand that if i have much more grip on the front i will run the risk of out grippping my rear and having oversteer occur, so i would surely need a little additional camber on the rear to cancel that out, and induce rear wheel steer.
please correct me if i am wrong. these are all things that i have picked up and tried to get my head around
pazz:
Do you know what your running currently?
I cant really help you to be honest, I've no past experience of FWD suspension geo setups.
Janner_Sy:
im running the standard setup as far as i know. i havent had the geometry changed. just the coilovers lowering etc.
pazz:
--- Quote from: simonskerton on July 07, 2009, 10:54:10 pm ---im running the standard setup as far as i know. i havent had the geometry changed. just the coilovers lowering etc.
--- End quote ---
This will of changed the geo from stock - in some cars, quite considerably.
You will already be running more negative camber all-round than a stock car. I was about to draw you a diagram, but its 11:00pm :sleepy:
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