front end camber settings for my 87

Ok this is my story, when I bought my 87 targa the last owner had somthing called
ride control installed which lowered the car
about 3/4 to 1 inch. I think I have 8 inch
wheels on the rear and 7s on the front. I
just had turbo tie rods installed and the
shop tells me my front camber is neg. 1.5 on each side, the factory spec.is 0. but I thought I heard that some neg. camber can be a good thing. Thanks for any help.
thing

Negative camber is very good thing if you want it to push like a snow plow. But if you want you front to stick, then you better get it back to stock settings or slightly positive.

Joe

[This message has been edited by stlrj (edited 04-11-2001).]

Mark, I have spent the last 4 hours setting my camber and have to say the car handles much better than before with 0 camber. My settings are front: -3/4 degrees rear: -1.25 degrees. hope this helps. 81'SC

I believe Bruce Anderson specifies - 1 degree front camber and -1.5 degrees rear camber for best performance/street (tire wear) use. More negative camber for better cornering ability.

Personally, I run -.5 degree to -.8 degrees in the front 1/16" toe-in and 6.5 degrees caster.

The rears I am only sure on the camber as this is all I have checked. I am running -1.5 degrees rear camber.

My fronts are showing obvious wear on the inside edge (too much negative camber, or too much toe out). My rears are wearing on the center, no noticeable wear on the inside.

Have FUN!

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Nick Hromyak
'85 Carrera

I have noticed that less camber seems to corner better and has a much less body roll.

It seems that more negative camber tends to induce body roll, at least this is what I have noticed on my 86 Carrera.

Joe

Negative camber is going to improve cornering! The downside is that you are going to increase the wear of the insides of the front and it is going to handle a little shifty in straight line driving. But is is going to corner like a SOB. I have 1.5 and 2.0 on my car and it feels great. Check out the Indy or Kart cars some time from the front for some really aggressive camber settings.

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8 9 9 1 1, The last of the line.

Negative camber does not improve cornering as much as it induces more body roll and front end push. And try driving a car set up with a lot of camber in the rain and you see what I mean. Could explain why most 911 drivers tend leave their cars in the garage at the slightest threat of rain!

Joe