bostonaudi
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Charleston, SC
- Car(s)
- 1995 BMW M3
Dan's words on the subject (if I remember correctly) were "toe kills tires, not camber"
I've installed H2Sport camber plates recently, at max setting, which is -2.5 (their website says 2.0 is max, you actually get a fair amount more). The additional amount of grip available with -2.5 is almost beyond belief, and that's with my stock street tires (Pzero Nero all seasons). The turn-in response is so much faster. You get two fixed settings with these plates, medium and max, I would suspect medium is around -2.0. I don't think running a lot more negative camber is for noobs though, factory understeer gone, and you have to be more careful at the limit. Many highway offramps I can now take another 10mph faster without thinking about it.
Ride quality definitely goes down some. On some bumps not noticeable, but ridges or abrupt changes extremely noticeable. I think if I downgrade to 17" street wheels from my 18" Huffs it would compensate a bit.
I haven't noticed more tire wear, I agree, bad toe is more the tire killer.
The plates are priced very reasonably.