Sentences with phrase «positive camber»

For good handling, positive camber is not a good thing.

Caster was increased by 3 ° on passenger cars (less on minivans) to improve steering feel and to improve the lateral force provided by the outside tire when cornering, by reducing positive camber

Get on the throttle hard at the exit of a corner and one of three things will happen: Sometimes you'll feel the tyres dig deep into the positive camber of the road, wall of death - style, and slingshot you out like the car has just hooked an elbow round a lamp post on the inside of the corner.

The positive camber angel is clearly visible from the side and the front.

Camber is the angle of the wheel on it's vertical axis - If you have wear on the outside of the tyre, then you have too much positive camber, i.e. the top of the wheel is further out than the bottom - the opposite of the diagram below (from Wikipedia), which shows negative camber.

Doing it the other way around (top outwards) is positive camber.

When you decrease or increase the height of a car it affects the tire alignment by usually causing positive camber, pushing the top of the tires outward, this is a highly modified suspension system.

Not exact matches

There are two chicanes, a couple of third - gear bends sporting a challenging switch from positive to negative camber, three climbs and three according descents, a long start / finish straightaway, and a wide pit lane.

If you're only turning in one direction (i.e. oval racing), you can further optimize by applying both positive and negative camber to the inner and outer wheels respectively, countering the rolling on both wheels, giving you maximum grip when cornering.

The more positive and almost aggressive your inputs the better, as this keeps things loaded up, but it feels like a big car to try and control... particularly when there are also bumps and cambers constantly distracting it from your hoped - for trajectory.

Tubular upper control arms with 4130 steel cross shafts enhance handling and control with 3.125 degrees more positive caster and an additional 2 degrees of negative camber.