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Originally Posted by foch3
Wow Lonelydriver you are thinking along the exact same lines as me I was just about to post that.
So HighRev/sirbelch and all other guru's, would -.5 in the rear and -1.5 in the front get us a better handling machine?
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typically, a ratio of negative camber that favors the front is more conducive toward better rotation for us. with that being said, our cars come stock with around a degree of neg. camber in the rear (if i recall correctly), and when really trying to yank some performance out of our cars, that amount of camber is beneficial (ex: consider higher speed mid-turn throttle lifting accompanied with added turn-in -- the last thing you want is for the back end to let go). and as much as we can benefit from added rotation/minimized understeer, we want to reach that appropriately/safely.
so therefore, reducing the camber in the rear to -.5 wouldn't necessarily be "bad", i just wouldn't recommend it per se.
and with that then, i would recommend trying to run a bit more neg. camber in the front than -1.5, but if you wish to only run that much, that is fine as well.
grip in the rear, for us, really comes into question when we're not accelerating, when weight isn't being transferred rearward to help plant the tires and beneficially causing the rear end to squat and induce added neg. camber.
depending on what your daily commute is like, then running a degree of neg. camber in the rear shouldn't cause too much adverse tire wear. for example, i'm not on the highways all that long on a regular basis, and i can be said to be somewhat of a "spirited" corner carver, so my rear tires are getting rather even wear. (can't say the same for the front, since everything is still stock and the shoulder of my front tires hate me)
it's all about compromise when dealing with our cars as daily drivers....learn as much as possible, then mod. have fun.
