Brooks,
I've run the same exact setup on my cars for both autox and track for years.
I normally run 3-3.5 degrees of negative camber in front and never had a
noticeable disadvantage under braking on track.
Now, I'm not disputing the fact that more negative camber will hurt your
straight line braking; what I'm saying is that it really doesn't make that
much of a difference to you and me. If we are talking about F1 and CART
where teams can turn the same lap times lap after lap and every 100th of a
second counts, I would say it matters a lot.
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Talley, Brooks [mailto:brooks@frnk.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 9:58 AM
> To: BayArea Team.Net
> Subject: Camber compromise for autox / track days...
>
>
> Hey, everyone. Great event yesterday.
>
> I'm curious what other folks who use the same car for autox and track
> days are doing for camber in front. I'm currently running 1.5 degrees
> of negative camber, and would like to bump that up a bit.
> However, I'm
> told (and it makes sense) that increasing negative camber will
> negatively affect braking performance on a road course. That's
> absolutely the last thing I need -- I've already had more
> than my share
> of "please, Mr. Porsche-in-front-of-me, get off the brakes and back on
> the gas NOW!" moments.
>
> Ideally, of course, I could just adjust the camber myself before each
> type of event, but I don't have that luxury in either time or
> equipment.
>
> Thanks
> -Brooks
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