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From: Eric Linnhoff <knuckledragger@kcweb.net>
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:@autox.team.net;
<Undisclosed-Recipient:@autox.team.net;>
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2001 9:37 AM
Subject: Camber for ST car
>How do you all feel about camber settings for a Street Touring car on
street
>tires? Currently I'm running -2.7 degrees on both sides (front only, rear
>is at -0.2 degrees) via a set of GC camber/caster plates and I'm wondering
>if perhaps that might be too much camber for the Kumho street tires that
I'm
>running. Testing has yet to bear out any results as I've yet to complete
an
>entire autocross run with the now 6 week old new suspension. :^\
You need two things:
1. Skidpad.
2. Pyrometer.
Skidpad testing works better than autocross testing because your tire temps
get confused by the time spent on the inside of the corner. In other words,
you need a pure left-turn tire-heating to check your right-side camber and
vice-versa. Testing tire temps after an autocross run is likely to lead you
less camber than is optimum.
Oh, and what's this "Undisclosed-Recipient" stuff? I'm assuming this came
to me via autox@autox.team.net.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
Daughter Amanda has presented us with a second grandchild. Sirena Mae
Stremski
arrived on the first day of Spring 2001, weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces.
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