Camber angle on front of sand rail?

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What does everyone like to run for their front end camber? I just replaced all the heim rod ends on my a-arms, so my camber is off from what it was prior to replacement.
Right now it has about 2 degrees negative (top of tire is inwards). Not for any particular reason other than I didn't keep good track of what it was before I took it all apart. I thought I would try it like that and make adjustments as needed.

So I drove it like this for one weekend at Glamis. Seemed okay like that. Tracked fine, but I felt like it wasn't turning as good as it good as I wanted it to.
I know all cars are going to be set up a little different and handle different. Just curious what people think works well for them and why. Thanks
 
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Every builder sets their cars up different.
My builder uses 1-2 degrees negative for both camber and caster.
 
I ran about 2 degrees camber as well. Caster, the more you run the more the tires want to return to straight after a turn. I ran around 8 t0 10 degrees.
 
chopshop said:
I’m at about 1-2 on camber and close to 10 on caster . More caster helps with higher speed straight twitch
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Why we see drag cars run so much caster. I was lucky and had a Hunter 4 wheel machine and got to play with this stuff a lot.
 
More caster is more stability in bumps and at speed, tradeoff being increased steering effort. 6* would be the minimum for a buggy.

Camber? Depends on the curve built in. Some cars, like Funco, are built with more camber gain than others. 2* is probably plenty, but make sure to re-set toe afterwards or you'll get more bumpsteer (not much, but still something to fix).
 
I built my own arms and spindles and was able to get just that. Get camber to maintain it's angle through the travel. I wanted it set so it wouldn't go positive at any point. What will happen though is the car will "roll" with the turn, and making outside steer tire plant and not roll into a positive angle was my goal.
 
neg 2 at ride height is where i set mine.
 
If the car doesn't seem to turn as easy, check your toe. I run 1/4" toe out front and rear. Helps the car to turn more easily. The compromise with toe out is the car gets more squirrely at high speeds.
 
JM PRO said:
If the car doesn't seem to turn as easy, check your toe. I run 1/4" toe out front and rear. Helps the car to turn more easily. The compromise with toe out is the car gets more squirrely at high speeds.
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Could also be toe in for the rear. A little is good for stability. A lot makes it not want to turn in
 
JM PRO said:
If the car doesn't seem to turn as easy, check your toe. I run 1/4" toe out front and rear. Helps the car to turn more easily. The compromise with toe out is the car gets more squirrely at high speeds.
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Yeah, I am a little toe in right now. That changed some also when I replaced all the heims. Pretty sure I was toe in before.

I definitely don't want to give up any high speed stability, but I should play around with it next trip between rides to see if I find a position I like better. Sounds like my camber is in the same ballpark as a number of others.
 
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