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Old 07-01-2009, 02:43 PM   #15
Norm Peterson
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You'll probably find that there is a little negative camber in it already. IIRC, the OE spec calls for -0.75°, with a range of at least ±0.50° from there. My car sits, stock, at a little more than -1°. Lowering will simply push whatever you have to slightly more negative.

A little negative camber is a good thing even in normal driving, since when you take corners the car rolls over and takes it away on the wheel that's then carrying most of the weight at that end. IOW, you end up cornering more toward the outer shoulders of the outside tires than equally across the entire treads.

About the only place where straight-up zero camber is best any more is at the dragstrip. And ideally that would be with the front end raised slightly as it would be under WOT acceleration in 2nd or perhaps 3rd gear.


In fact, if you meaure your REAR tire cambers, you may find out that they aren't exactly zero either.


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