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Old Sep 14, 2014 | 03:35 PM
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Ideal rear camber for my setup?

I'm trying to figure out what amount of rear camber I need for my car. I would like a nice daily driveable setup which is either slightly biased towards understeer or just neutral. I am running eibach sways with the front on soft and rear on medium, so the rear is just a hair stiffer than the front. I have a RWD G37S so I have staggered tires with 225s front and 245s rear. The front camber is about -1.3. What kind of camber would I want in the rear to achieve more neutral handling? Right now I have -2.4 or so and the car understeers like crazy when pushed since the rear has so much more grip. Would -1.0 to -1.2 camber be good?
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Old Sep 14, 2014 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by halfshaft
I'm trying to figure out what amount of rear camber I need for my car. I would like a nice daily driveable setup which is either slightly biased towards understeer or just neutral. I am running eibach sways with the front on soft and rear on medium, so the rear is just a hair stiffer than the front. I have a RWD G37S so I have staggered tires with 225s front and 245s rear. The front camber is about -1.3. What kind of camber would I want in the rear to achieve more neutral handling? Right now I have -2.4 or so and the car understeers like crazy when pushed since the rear has so much more grip. Would -1.0 to -1.2 camber be good?
IMO -1.2 would be a good point to shoot for, I wouldn't run heavier camber unless you'll be tracking your car often or need the angle to clear your fenders.
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 06:21 AM
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Worry more about toe. Toe is what can make your tire wear faster camber even at -2 won't hurt
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Surfnazi
Worry more about toe. Toe is what can make your tire wear faster camber even at -2 won't hurt
Thanks for pointing that out
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I'd shoot for -1.2 camber while keeping toe in spec
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Old Sep 15, 2014 | 09:23 PM
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Keeping toe close to zero is a given. I was asking more about the ideal camber in the rear to balance out my non adjustable camber/toe in the front to reduce understeer.

I think -1.2 sounds sensible blnewt.
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