Andy,
The specifications ('80 Spitfire) for the front camber is a minimum of 2.00
degrees and a maximum of 4.00 degrees positive. The specification for the
rear is a minimum of 2.00 degrees negative with a maximum of 0.00 degrees.
I think you are correct that most racers set-up a car with negative camber.
The biggest change I made, to the front, was to install the shorter
"performance" coil springs. Currently, my values are as follows:
left front 0.39 degrees negative
right front 0.14 degrees negative
left rear 1.29 degrees negative
right rear 1.33 degrees negative
Best regards,
Ed Hamilton
Dr. Faustus wrote:
> I was looking at my Spitfire today as I was loading my R/C racing
> equipment in it, and realized something. The front wheels have positive
> camber (Tops of the wheels are farther out than the bottoms). I know
> from my experience with the little cars that this makes for very
> inefficient cornering. This is because as the car corners, the weight
> is pushed to the outside wheel. The car also leans toward the outside.
> If the wheel have positive camber, you get even less of your tire on the
> road than if you had none. Does anybody know if these principles hold
> true on full size cars (I can't imagine why not), and if the camber can
> be adjusted to either zero or possibly one or two degrees of negative
> camber?
>
> Andy L.
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