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Re: NEGATIVE CAMBER

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: NEGATIVE CAMBER
From: PorscheRcr@aol.com
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 23:28:08 EDT
In a message dated 05/31/2001 6:51:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
npenney@mde.state.md.us writes:

<< If you look at the dedicated autocross racers, you'll see many of them do 
run quite a bit of negative camber.  Tends to make them rather undrivable on 
the street >>
The negative camber by itself doesn't really driveability that much, what 
makes most dedicated autocross cars more difficult to street drive is the 
toe-out that most rwd cars run.  Tends to make them very twitchy on road 
grooves and such.  I ran -2 degrees of camber for years in my VW autocrosser 
(swing-axle bug, so similar rear suspension too) and just backed off the toe 
setting (to 0") during the off season.  One thing excessive camber will do on 
a street car is wear out the insides of the tires quicker.

Bill J
'68 GT8

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