[Spridgets] Beating a dead horse, or Positive Rear Camber, why not for live axles?

oldsaabguy oldsaabguy at comcast.net
Sun Jun 10 12:45:31 MDT 2007


umm.. we always went we NEGATIVE camber but that was off road  
racing.  i thought that Positive camber means that a left turn means  
that you roll the car to the outside of the turn..

Lester


On Jun 10, 2007, at 1:37 PM, derf wrote:

> I never did get this straight.
> If positive rear camber is good for cornering on IRS setups, why
> wouldn't it be good on live axles?
>
> I think positive rear camber is good for cornering as you get better
> tire contact.  Something like 1/2 to 2 degrees is good, right?  It is
> kinda like pre-loading the tires against cornering forces.
>
> Any of you old racers tried such things?
> Cheers,
> Derf


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