Re: camber settings

["rocco16v" <rocco16v@netzero.net>]

Doug-
  Listen carefully when Meze tells you it's a trade-off.  You're not going
to find ONE setting that is optimal for both street and auto-X.  I hope you
weren't expecting a magic number; since the better the handling, the more
wear your tires will experience.....
(No Free Lunch)

Larry   sandiego16V


----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>
To: <scirocco16v@europe.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: camber settings


>
> On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:37:19 +0800 "doug czajka" <scirocco16v@europe.com>
> writes:
> >i know this has probably been asked before, but I did search the
> >archives and it didn't really help me much.  The car is an 88 16v and
> >i'm getting new tires soon and need to get an alignment as well.  This
> >car is my daily driver, and will also be auto-xed in April.  So my
> >question is, what is the ideal camber value for a daily driven and
> >auto-xed car.  TIA
>
>
> Its a trade off.
> The more -camber you have, the better the car will handle.
>
> Stock is zero camber. Funny because if you look at most stock daily
> drivers, the outter edge of the tire wears more rapidly than the center
> or inside of the tire.
>
> A good trade off is -1.5 neg camber. You might see a little more inside
> tire wear than -normal- but you rotate them to the rear and its fine.
> Gives the rear something else to wear out. I run -3.0 camber on my daily
> driven 82 Scirocco (Mildly prepped for FSP) and the difference in
> handling between -1.5 and -3.0 is quite dramatic. I do tend to wear the
> inside of my tires pretty good. Having 1/8th toe out doesnt help much
> either but its worth it to me for the performance I gain at the expense
> of rapid tire wear. You decide whats best for you.
>
>
> Shawn Méze
> 86' Jetta GLi 8V     84' Scirocco 8V    88' Corvette -SS 30- 2001 SDR
> Solo2 Champion
> 82' Scirocco GTi -FSP 54-     79' "Project FSP Scirocco"
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