[net.auto] Camber

grt@twitch.UUCP ( G.R.Tomasevich) (05/31/85)

> > 	What is camber?
> 
> When the wheel is tilted so that the top is further out (away from the car)
> than the bottom, that's negative camber. The reverse is positive camber.

That is backwards; you described positive camber.  Concerning handling, see
my earlier posting.  Negative camber helps cornering, particularly for the
outside front wheel, which is supplying most of the centripetal force.  The
inside wheel will have positive camber with respect to the turn center
if it has negative camber with respect to the car.  Ideally, both wheels
should have negative camber with respect to the turn center, but as far
as I know, only road graders turn that way.
	George Tomasevich, ihnp4!twitch!grt
	AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
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