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Originally Posted by dobbrz
It is form + function if anything...Negative camber isn't just a "form" adjustment...in this case it helps him do what he likes to do with his car...which apparently is be super dope and slide everywhere..and negative camber also helps him fit the wheels he wants so it looks good to his liking..I don't see a problem daily driving that either..its not THAT crazy low or anything...
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Ummm. No. This set-up is form over function.
Negative camber is a function. = negative camber improves grip when cornering. This is because it places the tire at a better angle to the road, transmitting the forces through the vertical plane of the tire rather than through a shear force across it. Another reason for negative camber is that a rubber tire tends to roll on itself while cornering. The inside edge of the contact patch would begin to lift off of the ground if the tire had zero camber, reducing the area of the contact patch. This effect is compensated for by applying negative camber, maximizing the contact patch area. Note that this is only true for the outside tire during the turn; the inside tire would benefit most from positive camber.
He likes form over function. You don't need to set-up any fr-s, 86 or BRZ to these specs to go out and drift.
Negative camber is the only way anyone could fit a 10" and 10.5" under the factory sheet metal. 6" of negative camber with offsets at +12 and +17 isn't functional for daily driving.
He is crazy low. These cars start life crazy low from the factory. That's kinda the point. We have a lower center of gravity than a Ferrari. All you need to do is get springs and voila, you are even more crazy low and entering supercar territory. He is only a couple inches off the ground. The only way to go lower would be bags and scraping.
This kinda helps prove the point -
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Originally Posted by RRnold
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Don't get me wrong. I love his set-up, appreciate the skill and craftsmanship that went into it. If I had silky smooth JDM roads to ride on daily I would consider a set-up this agro.
My current set-up:
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Originally Posted by Beyer Subaru
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Even he knows that it's not a functional set-up and is in the process of having a wide fender kit put on. He had the fronts on at the messe.
And he wasn't sporting 6" of negative camber with the new fenders on.