I had the pleasure of installing Joe's first "production" model of his
camber compensator and the difference it made in my mk1 spitfire was
tremendous. My mk1 had a factory original rear leaf spring that had no
sag to it. On corners I had bad wheel tuck until I installed the
compensator. After that the car handled nice and flat in corners.
Susan's race car has the later model leaf spring that has a leaf removed
and has been de-arched on top of that. Her car handles incredibly well
in corners. Even in the rain there is no handling loss.
Brad
Joe Curry wrote:
> You are probably right, based on the fact that I have little or no
> experience with those particular springs. But as I stated earlier, all the
> People who I have sold Camber Compensators to have been very enthusiastic
> about the effect it has on their handling.
>
> In one particular case, It is on a Herald Estate wagon and the results in an
> autocross are very noticeable.
>
> Going back to something that Andy Mace said, I too wonder if those were the
> springs used on the Works Lemans Spitfires. It seems that people racing
> early Spits are typically using extremely stiff dearched springs with the
> cars greatly lowered. There is a noticeable negative camber and in those
> situations, they don't seem to have the wheel Tuck" problem. So it gives
> credence to your supposition.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
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