sidemarker

ok i was thinking

on a FWD car what if you set the rear wheels to have some negative camber. just enough where it dosent eat up the tires too much.

now would this improve the handling for the car??

sidemarker

CLpower

in all honesty it probably wouldn't make any difference unless you were seriously tracking the car

Sly Raskal

iTrader: (1)

you'll notice improved cornerning on turns and stuff, but for day to day driving it'll just eat up your tires so there is no point to it really.

pimpscls

yea, so in other words dont do it, b/c i dont think our cl's are great track cars

astro

i drove my TL around at -3 for over a year.

Sly Raskal

iTrader: (1)

We're not saying you can't do it astroboy,

i mean you can do it, shyt my camber on my gs-r was about -3 and i kept it that way for a long ass time cuz i loved taking corners so hard, after i got my camber kit it was a very noticeable change in cornering.

honestly, i think it's up to how you drive and if you are willing to take the risk of possibly having your tires wear out quicker.

CLpower

I was the same way w/ my CL for a little while. Went through 2 sets of tires and said it wasn't worth it. The performance gains weren't that noticeable or near worth going through tires like that

ChadT

Negative camber on the rear is a waste in a FWD car as far as handling goes. (just more understeer) However, some negative camber on the front will make a huge difference in the way the car bites in corners.

sidemarker

so what about negative camber for all four wheels? would that improve handling even more?

sidemarker

Sly Raskal

iTrader: (1)

the negative camber on my gs-r was higher in the front than the rear which i'm guessing helped in cornering and stuff.

if i recall the camber was -3 in front, and about -2 in the rear

but like chadT said, negative camber on the rear isn't that beneficial because our cars are fwd,

but on a rwd car, negative camber on all four tires does make a huge difference.

ChadT

Sure, you want the handling to be balanced but you would only need a small amount of negative camber in the rear to keep the tire in optimum contact with the pavement because there is a lot less weight back there. The front will flex a lot more because it has more of a load on it so a lot of negative camber up front will help keep that outside tire flat to the pavement when doing serious cornering.

Allout

I agree. I've got mine set up with -.50 in the front and 0.00 in the rear and it made it a lot more neutral.