How much camber is good for racing?
Ideally, you want a camber curve that keeps the tire straight up and down when you are driving straight, and leans the tire in slightly (1 to 2 degrees of negative camber) during cornering.
What is the best camber for racing?
to 2 degrees negative
A road-racing application also benefits from positive caster between 2 to 5 degrees depending on the car. The camber should generally be 1 to 2 degrees negative.
How does camber affect a race car?
The Effect of Camber in NASCAR. Racecars turn corners at high speeds, meaning that the tires will lean significantly. Adjusting the camber lets these tires get maximum traction during a turn. The more surface area between your tire and the road, the better the grip and the more stability you’ll have.
What is the camber gain?
Camber gain is the change in camber angle per amount of vertical displacement of the wheel. The most common situation is that camber will become more negative if the wheel is moved vertically upwards. Likewise, the wheel camber will become more positive if the wheel is moved vertically downwards.
What camber do F1 cars run?
This is the angle of the wheel and tyre assembly relative to the vertical and, at a standstill, the front camber angle is usually around 3.5 degrees from vertical with the rear set at between zero and one degree.
What camber is best for drifting?
On a drift car, you want to run the rear camber as close to zero as possible. This will usually give you the best tire wear and best forward bite. If you want a little more side grip, you can run some negative camber, but usually no more than 1 degree negative should be run.
What camber do race cars use?
positive camber
In a NASCAR ® oval race, the race cars only make left turns. This means the right wheels are always on the outside of a turn, so NASCAR ® mechanics use negative camber on them. The left hand wheels are on the inside of the turn, so they use positive camber.
Why do race cars have negative camber?
Simply put, the negative camber is so that when the tyre is loaded in a corner, and the effect of the load is to push the tyre “over”, it means that the full width of the tyre is flat on the tarmac giving the maximum grip, for the minimum wear on the tyre.
Why do old race cars have positive camber?
Why? Because camber regulates the surface contact patch of your tire to the road. You want an optimal contact patch for optimal handling. Too much positive puts the weight on the outside of the tire, negative the inside.
Why is camber gain necessary?
Camber gain is necessary to ensure that the wheels remain perpendicular to the ground during cornering in order to maximize contact area and the grip. By designing suspension to gain negative Camber in jounce, we can counteract the postive camber due to body roll during cornering.