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Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

I run more negative camber because it helps with turn in and more responsive steering and front end grip when sideways.

Let's say you run -0.5 camber on the front wheels. When your car sits, the wheels are straight up and down like this: l l

When you're drifting a right handed corner, the weight is transferred to the outside of the vehicle (in this case, the left), so more of the weight is on the left tires. As you wheels countersteer to the left, the leading edge wheel gains more positive camber, while your trailing edge wheel gains more negative camber, so your wheels at full lock would look like this: \ \

Running more negative camber up front means your leading edge wheel will be closer to 0 camber at full lock which means more tire is in contact with the ground. More contact patch and more grip. With negative camber up front, your wheels at full lock will be more like this: l \ It's the same reason a lot of the pros actually run POSITIVE camber in the rear. Because on throttle, the rear end squats which naturally causes the wheels to gain negative camber which would equal to about 0 under throttle. So, the cars are actually setup to have more tire on the ground when they're full throttle and fully sideways.

The amount of grip a car has in the competition drifting, the competitive the car is. You don't need to set your car up that way. It comes to personal preference. I just prefer my cars setup in a similar manner.

If you look at some pictures of cars at full lock or near full lock, you can really see the alignment of the front wheels and the differences. My explanation probably doesn't illustrate it that well haha

No way man your explanation was awesome. Its the best way its been described to me ha! Thank you for your response !