-3 Degrees Camber, Maybe More!!!!
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Keep in mind that a larger drop without correcting the front LCA angle requires more static negative camber and stiffer springs to counteract body roll and positive camber gain from body roll as the control arm starts the move to positive camber sooner due to the starting position of the front LCA.
Pictures like this can tell you a lot about how much negative camber you need:
See how the passenger side wheel is just slightly positive cambered? Still need more but my Steeda HD plates are maxed out. =(
#7
Unfortunately, it sounds like that is the case.
Terry just posted today that the newly designed Vorshlag plates are available now. Think I'm going to pick up a set for my beater. I'm on a last minute thrash to get my hooptie ready for Sebring at the end of the month.
Terry just posted today that the newly designed Vorshlag plates are available now. Think I'm going to pick up a set for my beater. I'm on a last minute thrash to get my hooptie ready for Sebring at the end of the month.
#8
Is your set-up pad level, particularly from side to side? If not, you would tend to get one camber reading that was a lot more negative than the other.
Are you measuring your cambers off the wheels or off the tires? If you're going off the tires, the sidewall bulge at the bottom can make the gauge read more negative than is really the case. Embossed sidewall lettering can lead to camber measurement errors as well.
Any chance your wheels are bent?
There is another possibility, however . . .
A few cars seem to have snuck out the door with unusually high amounts of negative camber (my '08 GT was at -1.7° on the stock springs before I installed the Konis). If that's where you started from, even moderate lowering could drive your cambers beyond -2.5°.
Norm
Are you measuring your cambers off the wheels or off the tires? If you're going off the tires, the sidewall bulge at the bottom can make the gauge read more negative than is really the case. Embossed sidewall lettering can lead to camber measurement errors as well.
Any chance your wheels are bent?
There is another possibility, however . . .
A few cars seem to have snuck out the door with unusually high amounts of negative camber (my '08 GT was at -1.7° on the stock springs before I installed the Konis). If that's where you started from, even moderate lowering could drive your cambers beyond -2.5°.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 05-16-2012 at 06:25 AM.
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