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Originally Posted by chrisdicko
Brilliant, thanks a lot.
Anthony, do the guys in the US use that type of setup a lot?
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I think the importance of dynamic camber via caster is starting to catch on in the general public (some new cars with mac pherson suspension now come with nearly 8* deg of positive caster from the factory). This still isn't something commonly seen here yet on the street car level, but rather something that has been known of in motorsports for quite some time now. Thats not to say it won't work just as well on the street car level
The thing is with adjusting static camber (the camber adjusted by bolt or plate that cannot change) is that when you adjust it from the top mount, you often have to dial in nearly 4* plus static camber, and that's only good for a given range of suspension travel. When you let the neg camber increase dynamically ( the camber that changes as the suspension travels) you generally need to run less, and get a larger range of a benefit from it.
The main set back with this is, your generally limited to the amount of static camber you can run from the stock eccentric bolt or even a seconday lower bolt. Real motorsports type suspension have large slots to be able to adjust camber from the bottom, look in this pic:
These are off a group N WRC Impreza. Notice how slotted the lower mountig holes are so you can adjust for static camber via the lower point without increasing "SAI".
The problem is most aftermarket coilovers are not designed to adjust for that much camber from the bottom. "BUT", I think you will still be able to achieve more then enough with a factory eccentric bolt, and if necesary a seondary bolt in the bottom.
Dynamic camber gains via positive caster are much more signifigant then static ones, and you will feel a much greater improvement this way.
-Anthony
So that hasn't been done. Not sure I will have time to do it before my holiday next week either, as I will be working my arse off.
