Ulix,
Great explanation to the exact level I needed, thanks.
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On 3/11/99, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>Jeff,
>I have seen good explanations in books and magazine articles, but can't
>think of a website.
>
>When you look at your car from the front or rear, and "/" is a tire,
>
>\ / is positve
>
>/ \ is negative
>
>You cannot adjust it on a Spridget. Unless you are Spridget hotrodder,
>I wouldn't worry about it. The Spridget was designed with positive camber
>supposedly because of the bias ply tires used at the time. Radial tires
>like zero or negative camber.
>You can get rid of some of the positive camber by using offset upper
>trunnion bushings if you want. These are easy to install and have no
>disadvantages other than being stiffer than the stock rubber ones.
>
>Zero camber is best for going straight and for tire wear, but once you
>round a corner and the car leans, the tire contact patch of the outside
>tires lifts off the road (on the inside of the tire). Basically you have
>positive camber at that point. You can counteract this by dialing in some
>negative static camber and you get more contact patch and thus more grip
>at the same speed.
>
>The live rear axle always has zero camber.
>
>Ulix
>
>
>On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Jeff Boatright wrote:
>
>> With all these posts about camber, is there a website that explains what it
>> is, how it affects handling, how to set or check it on a spridget, etc?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> Jeff Boatright __o_\__ '65 Austin-Healey Sprite
>> http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
>>
>>
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> '67 Sprite '74 X1/9
Jeff Boatright __o_\__ '65 Austin-Healey Sprite
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
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