Camber Tire

Old Aug 16, 2010 | 01:28 PM
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Camber Tire

Video: Jay Leno's Garage talks with CamberTires inventor — Autoblog

Seems promising, anyone interested? lol
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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Since the shape of the tire is a "cone", you'd be getting constant scrub. Fail.

It defeats the purpose of having camber on the car, which is increased cornering grip. With the "built in" camber, you now are wearing only the edge of the tire. Fail.

Where's the benefit of this tire?

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That guy just failed. R-comps generally go 0-100 TW...

140 TW tires are strictly street tires. lol.

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Guy admits the tires have "built in toe" via the conic shape. Increased scrub anyone? Feathering?

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Driver states car is very responsive. Car has toe-out in the front. Self defeating?

Smooth over bumps = soft sidewall and/or low tire pressure.


I'd love to see a pro's feedback on a double blind test. I'd put money that these tires are not competitive in a performance environment. These are obviously made to be a "comfort" tire. Even then, a "normal" tire would wear slower from camber, than from the natural toe built into these tires.

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