Originally Posted by
415racer
Basically, a tyre provides the most grip when its contact patch is at its maximum. Therefore there is not 1 optimum camber setting, as the camber should constantly change with the roll of the car.
As Tony said, -1.5deg is generally around the right compromise for having the maximum contact patch over 1 lap. Anything more than that and sometimes you will get the tyre to have a larger contact patch over 1 lap, sometimes you won't.
Like Ed and Tony say, its a compromise and you cannot simply say more camber = more grip.
Ideally you would want a different camber setting for each corner, so the contact patch is at its optimum for the amount of roll the car has.
Yes I can... watch !
More camber , more grip!
See how easy that was ?
Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.
Now shut the hell up and go try it.
And of course it means during cornering regardless of roll center.
That is unless you have camber loss under load , that would be detrimental.
Everyone is pissing me off about semantics and suggesting that some absurd amount of camber means ... Awe F^#k it ! Just go and try it !