do you remember the toe out rear
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='750538' date='Dec 22 2008, 01:06 PM
I think the toe-out you're referring to is actually negative camber.
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Originally Posted by E60714' post='751024' date='Dec 23 2008, 12:10 AM
Can someone post a picture of what exactly this thing looks like? ![Frown](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/sad.gif)
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Here's a look at a car that not only illustrated a bit of negative camber but also shows the way the tires are stretched too much at the rim:
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And, in case you still weren't sure what negative camber looks like, take a look at this...
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Originally Posted by Howitzer' post='751033' date='Dec 23 2008, 12:36 AM
Is having a slight negative camber really bad or what?
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Originally Posted by Howitzer' post='751033' date='Dec 22 2008, 09:36 PM
Is having a slight negative camber really bad or what?
No, having a bit of negative camber is really good. The more camber you have, the better grip you have (as long as you have properly designed performance tires), up to about 3.5 degrees or so.
However, having toe-out in the rear is really bad unless you're a drifter. Toe-out in the rear causes oversteer... massive oversteer. Most specs call for a bit of toe-in on the rear. In the front, you should have a little bit of toe-out to improve the initial turn-in response.
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Originally Posted by NobleForums' post='751038' date='Dec 23 2008, 05:40 AM
No, having a bit of negative camber is really good. The more camber you have, the better grip you have (as long as you have properly designed performance tires), up to about 3.5 degrees or so.
However, having toe-out in the rear is really bad unless you're a drifter. Toe-out in the rear causes oversteer... massive oversteer. Most specs call for a bit of toe-in on the rear. In the front, you should have a little bit of toe-out to improve the initial turn-in response.
However, having toe-out in the rear is really bad unless you're a drifter. Toe-out in the rear causes oversteer... massive oversteer. Most specs call for a bit of toe-in on the rear. In the front, you should have a little bit of toe-out to improve the initial turn-in response.
Your quite right in your generalisation about a bit of camber being good however
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You can see in my pics here I don't have that much camber in the rear wheels on my E46, around -2.5 degrees in fact, this was caused by setting my KW variant 3 coil-overs very low ( the more the E46 rear suspension compresses the more negative camber is added to the geometry )
My rear tyres wore out in the inside edge in no time at all, less than 5000 miles in fact, was very good on the track however where it was very stable.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='750859' date='Dec 22 2008, 08:38 PM
Uh, oh, here we go again... ![Nono](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/nono.gif)
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