[Fot] Interesting tire development

[Scott Janzen]

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     :)

-- 
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