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Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 12th, 2010, 7:27 am
by pagey
...looks more like some car thief stole their springs.

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Seriously though, has anyone else have/had negative camber before? Did you notice a big increase on handling?

Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 12th, 2010, 8:40 am
by nstg8a
Apparently I'm running more neg camber than I should be, but Midas reckons thereisnt enough adjustability in the ef to get it right.
I can't say how much better handling it is though because it was an I'll handling whale before I changed springs and the wheel alignment got done

Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 12th, 2010, 9:14 am
by Rollin
Those cars look like they've been dropped from a decent height to me...japanese have some strange fads.

pagey - it depends on what you use the car for as to how much neg camber you should run. About 1.25 degrees (or 1 degree 15 minutes if the W/A machine reads that way) is probably good for a lowered falcon that gets driven with a bit of enthusiasm. If you don't punish the car into corners much then you'd want less, if you get on it all the time and have 15/16/17" tyres you'll probably want more.

Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 12th, 2010, 9:27 am
by Dumpsta
That just looks gay..

Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 12th, 2010, 10:07 am
by Rollin
Dumpsta wrote:That just looks gay..


Coming from a guy who just bought a set of 20s for his EF.... :scratch:

Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 12th, 2010, 1:59 pm
by Troutman
I think you'd find there is no functional benefit to the set-up in those pics.

I'm sure the V8 Supercar guys know what they are doing though.

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Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 12th, 2010, 2:33 pm
by pagey
Rollin wrote:Those cars look like they've been dropped from a decent height to me...japanese have some strange fads.

pagey - it depends on what you use the car for as to how much neg camber you should run. About 1.25 degrees (or 1 degree 15 minutes if the W/A machine reads that way) is probably good for a lowered falcon that gets driven with a bit of enthusiasm. If you don't punish the car into corners much then you'd want less, if you get on it all the time and have 15/16/17" tyres you'll probably want more.

Thanks for that, big help. :thumbsup:

I noticed that EFFalcon has a bit of negative camber on his car.

Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 13th, 2010, 7:18 pm
by Cabeshere
Rollin wrote:
Dumpsta wrote:That just looks gay..


Coming from a guy who just bought a set of 20s for his EF.... :scratch:


HAHAHAHAHAH

Re: Negative Camber...

PostPosted: September 15th, 2010, 8:21 am
by SNR
My MX5 runs -1.75 front and -1.25 degrees rear, handles much better (way more balanced and predictable than standard camber settings) wears through the tires a bit though!

My EB runs whatever it ended up with when it was lowered, probably -2 degrees; this suits my driving style but also kills tyres a bit fast for my liking.