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Josh Spray
(@meatman)
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Currently both sides are set to -3.5° camber. As you can see the wear on the tires are not exactly even.

My local track has mostly left hand turns and generally higher speed than the right hand turns. 

 

Any suggestions based on what you see on the tires on what I may do for suspension settings? Is it okay to have different degrees of camber from left to right? If so do I need to do front and rear to match?

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DavidF
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Posted by: @meatman

As you can see the wear on the tires are not exactly even.

Actually, this is not an indication of uneven wear but pickup that attaches to the tires when they are hot and sticky.  The pickup debris is on the inside of the tires which make contact with the surface of the road/paddock.  When you roll into pit lane after a hard session on the track, the tires will be clean.

 

I don't know the answer to your question.  There are many things to consider e.g. a change camber affects ride height, corner weights, and tow.  Also, braking probably degrades with uneven camber.  For oval track races, where almost no braking, camber and stagger differences side to side are part of the desired setup.

 

I think you are best off rotating tires (side to side) after each track day to maintain even wear.  Often the best and easiest thing you can do after a careful factory chassis setup (ride height, camber, caster, tow, corner weights, damping, etc.) is to make adjustments to tire pressure to find peak grip which will change with different tracks and weather.


   
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