Anybody adjusting Camber to make tires sit flat?
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Anybody adjusting Camber to make tires sit flat?
Just like the title asks, my car rides on the insides of both rear tires, and I'm wanting "straight-line" traction.
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I haven't tried it on the C63, but we used to run zero rear camber on my formula race cars when I was racing. Probably depends on the car and how you drive it. You'd probably have to play with the camber and test it. For the street, it would probably be fine at zero.
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Zero camber is for cars with no suspension travel...like a formula race car haha. The camber is there, so when you lean into a corner, the tire gets maximum grip. If you run 0 camber normally, you'll have positive camber while cornering hard, which isn't a good idea.
If you want more traction, take some air out of the tires or get stickier tires. I doubt drag racing is the only thing you use this car for.
If you want more traction, take some air out of the tires or get stickier tires. I doubt drag racing is the only thing you use this car for.
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Zero camber is for cars with no suspension travel...like a formula race car haha. The camber is there, so when you lean into a corner, the tire gets maximum grip. If you run 0 camber normally, you'll have positive camber while cornering hard, which isn't a good idea.
If you want more traction, take some air out of the tires or get stickier tires. I doubt drag racing is the only thing you use this car for.
If you want more traction, take some air out of the tires or get stickier tires. I doubt drag racing is the only thing you use this car for.
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There is no factory camber adjustment on the front or rear. For the front you need camber (crash) bolts. Any good alignment shop will have these. For the rear you need adjustable rear control arms. ACG in San Diego has them. Ask for Sean. In any event you don't want to run zero camber. The car won't handle.
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I have , get a set of k-Mac bushings, I have the front and rear camber and front caster. Since I don't drive the car much and hard cornering is important to me I've put about 2 degree negative camber in both front and rear. This is done to keep the tires flat in hard turns... Call Kevin at k-Mac as he's a great guy to deal with.
Last edited by 4ramin; Apr 28, 2013 at 10:21 AM.
