[s-cars] Calling All Suspension and Alignment Junkies -FrontCamberSetting

[Fred Munro]

Hi Bob;

I'm running 225/50 Dunlop SP9000s. The inner edge on mine was wearing a lot
faster than the tread at -1.0 camber - go figure. I rotate my tires front to
back every spring & only run them in the summer. I probably have around 40k
km on them at this point.

I also have a problem getting the right side in spec on my car - left side
is no problem. The tech had to shift the subframe to get the right side in
spec.

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Rossato [mailto:r0ssat0_987 at att.net]
Sent: February 20, 2005 12:31 PM
To: 'Fred Munro'; 'Mark Pollan'; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Calling All Suspension and Alignment Junkies
-FrontCamberSetting


I found -1.0deg of camber to be a good compromise between handling and
wear.  I was running Dunlop SP8000 tires in a 235/45 size and found that
by the time I was starting to get unacceptable inner edge wear, I was
down to the wear bars on the tires and they were done anyway.  This was
just over 20k miles on these tires.  I also rotated the tires front to
rear, where I run -0.7deg camber, each time I swap between winter and
summer shoes.

If you're running high mileage all-season tires, then I agree that with
-1.0deg of camber you'll never get to the 40k mile life you'd expect out
of an all-season.  However, for performance tires with their inherent
lower mileage life - and after all if someone is upgrading the
suspension it would seem silly not to put high performance tires on - I
found it to be a good setting.

bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Fred Munro
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:44 AM
> To: Robert Rossato; 'Mark Pollan'; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Calling All Suspension and Alignment
> Junkies -FrontCamberSetting
>
>
> My front tires were wearing at -1.0, Bob. I've got mine set
> to -0.5 using
> the 2Bennett camber plates, but it's a stock suspension. I
> actually bought
> the camber plates to get the caster in spec; the camber was a bonus.
>
> Fred