In message <199608062157.RAA13500@marlin.exis.net>, "John T. Blair"
<jblair@exis.net> writes
>There has been some talk about the front end camber lately.
>
>The following is an excerpt from Fred Sisson's book "Notes from a Morgan
>Garage"? Quoting for the 7th printing version, Sectoin 4,
>page 26&27
>
>" Morgans are designed with a generous amount of positive camber in the
>front suspension. Look at your car from the front and you will see that the
>front wheels seem to slant out at the top. That's "positive" camber. The
>camber is built into the front sliding hub. Factory spec is 2 degrees
>positive camber.
>
> For increased cornering power, it is standard practice to re-set the
>wheels so that they slant in a bit at the top. This is called "decambering
>the front end" or setting "negative" camber. Again, according to John
>Sheally, street cars can run with around 1/2 degree of negative camber with
>no ill effects as far as tire wear is concerned. The negative camber does
>really make a difference in the "bite" that the tires take under hard
>cornering. More negative camber on a street car than 1/2 degree and you
>start inducing tire wear. Race and autocross cars run around 1 1/2 degrees
>of negative camber.
>
> Reducing the positive camber will make low-speed steering a bit stiffer.
>You will probably notice no difference at speed. To set negative camber,
>you need to remove the bottom of the kingpin, out a bit. ......"
>
>Hope this helps some.
>
>John
>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
>Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
>48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
>
>The one with the most toys, wins!
>
I think you'll find that for some years the cars have been built (if to
spec. !) with between 1/2 and 1 1/2 degrees negative camber.
Several companies produce negative camber plates to adjust this.
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