Negative Chamber ??????????????

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Old 02-21-2001, 02:10 AM
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Negative Chamber ??????????????

Other than excessive tire wear, what could go wrong with the suspension while running too much negative chamber?



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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by StypeCL:
Other than excessive tire wear, what could go wrong with the suspension while running too much negative chamber?

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I'm sure you meant to say "camber". Other than severe tire wear, too much negative camber can also cause handling problems on wet surfaces.

Guys, please correct me if I'm wrong.




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Old 02-22-2001, 02:09 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MikeN:
I'm sure you meant to say "camber". Other than severe tire wear, too much negative camber can also cause handling problems on wet surfaces.</font>
Absolutely right. Too much negative camber will also:

1. worsen the car's turn-in response.
2. increase the car's braking distance.

It's too bad that most cars aren't adjustable for caster. Now there's a hell of a tuning tool!

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It will negatively impact the cars acceleration since the weight of the car is not distributed evenly over the tire patch possibly causing excessive tire slip on take off.Best bet here is to correct the camber problem.Jens

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