For us racers, I don't get it. I thought the benefit of negative
camber was to end up with a "square" tread against the road when the
car leans in the turns. If, with these tires, the tread is square
going straight, the inside edge of the outside tire is going to be
lifted on a turn.
Sounds like the thrust of their benefit is fuel savings, offsetting
the scrubbing effect of toe-in. Am I missing something?
On Aug 7, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Susan Kahler wrote:
Hey gang,
I just got the latest copy of Popular Mechanics and it had an
interesting little article about a new tire--the Camber Tire from
Optima Sports. It gives you negative camber all the time, but keeps
the tread patch squarely on the road. The way they do this is to
shorten the inner sidewall. The article says the company hopes to have
production versions in a couple of years.
Interesting approach. I was mulling just the other day over how I
didn't think there had been any real "revolutions" in the tire
industry any time recently. Think this will be one?
Here's their website: http://www.cambertire.com/. It's not the best
quality, but gives a little info. And the "Racer" tab is not clickable
for me (and it's replaced by "Green" when you scroll down), so no info
there. :(
Just FYI!
Keep Triumphing,
Susan :)
--
I'm so busy... I don't know if I found a rope, or lost my horse.
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