Wheel Setting For Racing On Track

[tyaos]

hey guys!

one night i was watching racing on foxtel..

and i realized all the car's wheels are seat on angle....

you know mean by angle... the top is little bit inside the guard... and bottom of wheel is stick out from the guard...

so seats like /[]\ / \ this is wheel and [] its body of car when you look from in front of it...

so... anyone why they seats like this?

cheers

paul

Edited August 29, 2007 by tyaos

[Wink]

You're talking about camber

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camber_angle

Basically if you have negative camber (the situation you describe), you get more grip on cornering as more of the tyre is in contact with the ground.

[Craved]

please take this to the "Suspension, braking and tyres " area

this is no way cosmetic - its all about handling

[Yawn]

Could be cosmetic if it he needed negative camber to fit some fat wheels under his guards.

[Wink]

Or if he wanted camber just to make his car look like a race car..

[tyaos]

i was wondering why they are doing~

ok so handling can be improved on corner..

and can put bigger and thicker tyres..

alright thanks!!!