FireDoc
09-02-2008, 12:11 AM
anyone know the reasons behind camber? or is it caster ? on dirt mods... some run 15degs or 20degs. front to back line on top of tire .. lord i hope i say this right ..
why not run no camber? or caster ?or am i missing something?
they run the camber at the frame not on the wheels.. why not run it on the wheels??? and not the frame ??
i think its caster .. bottom pin spot to top pin spot ..
as you can see i have not one clue on this stuff... wheres thet short block get all 8 bangin
ty
highroller
09-04-2008, 07:02 AM
Caster is the amount of lean in the kingpin. Offroad, onroad vehicles generally run more caster (leaning back) than oval vehicles. You can change caster by replacing the steering with more or less to help increase or decrease how it reacts in turns. The lower the caster setting the less the kingpin leans. In oval cars the left uses zero degrees and right normally about 2 degrees. For offroad 20-30 degress is normal.
Camber is how the top of tires lean inward (negative) or outward (positive) in relations to a straight up and down (vertical) setting which is zero. You may want to adjust camber to relate to changes in suspension during cornering so that tire has the same amount of area planted and you don't loose handling.
FireDoc
09-07-2008, 05:00 AM
ok ty .. seems lot to learn lol ..
i ran a flat arm setup from chassie out c blocks n the c blocks i had were maybe 0 or 2 not sure they was old one is had from something who know slol ...
seem to steer awsome on a dirt oval .. had a little bit of a push off the turn but other issues with charger sort of slowed me down on tuning it .. and when your stuck in sportsman class and more targets then will ya know .. hard to get better i guess for me anyways ..
ill give it ago again with the 15 deg c blocks n see and maybe change left to 0 and keep the 15 on the rite n see how that works .. ty for the help ..
highroller
09-13-2008, 04:56 AM
Normally when I ran years ago, I use 20 degree caster block on both sides, but instead set shocks so heavier spring was on right and lighter on left. Also use a spacer on right rear to space it out 1/8 to 1/4 inch.
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