Negative camber also = handling, maximises contact during cornering where the cornering force on the tyre is attained at a negative camber level,but that being said, suspension travel and geommetry has to be taken into account as well..
Straight line stability plays secondary....
But more negative camber on the rear and zero camber on the front = more grip on the rear than the front when cornering hard = understeer.
It pulls to the right like FCK! I could take right hand curves without turning the wheel. Driving on the highway was hell because I had to keep pulling the wheel left so that I didn't crash over the middle island and onto oncoming traffic. I could take the M5 tunnel right hand curve without my hand on the wheel too!
Ingalls camber kit, $220 landed. Get it installed (easy, can DIY), and then get an alignment.
Dont quote me on this, but i think its a result of the multi link suspension.
When the car is lowered the suspension geometry changes and the top of the wheel is pulled in (or bottom pushed out), to try and keep the equilibrium in the suspension (hence negative camber).
The rear camber kit allows you to control the how far the top (or bottom) of the wheel is pulled in (or pushed out), hence controlling the camber.
Thats how i understand it anyway, correct me if im wrong.
sortof, but its basicly the suspension following an arc at a set radius. the suspensions travel starts at 90deg which is parralel to ground, then progresses to 45deg which is full suspension compression, also resulting in alot of camber. its pretty simple lots of pic's on the net. check out wiki
cant belive people were complaining about 3deg! i had -8deg on the rear... now i have -1.5
i have just bought an ingalls camber kit for my 04 euro.. does anyone have a DIY write up on how to install these, or can anyone recommend a place in melb (south east area) that can install it for me ???
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