Rear camber for a V8, Too slippery even with 11" out back Options

[Dr. Roger]

So here's what I'm experiencing.

Under hard acceleration, in gears 2,3,4, I can break it loose with just a twitch of the steering wheel. 5th I cannot as it is a flipped H.

I looked at the car from the rear and realized I've got probably 3 degrees of negative camber on each side. I'm thinking those 11" Pilot Sports are probably only making contact with half of the tread. The inner half.



Is their an adjustment balance of negative camber, for maximum traction, under hard acceleration and hard turning?

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[byndbad914]

My experience is... not really. You need to stand 'em up straight and run a soft radial if you want to hook "better". But that said, my car *I think* makes more power (I don't recall your torque output and such, I am 438 ft-lbs at 5100rpm) and I have 12" wide GY race slicks (not DOT-R, full slick) and I have had the rears down to 1deg neg camber and I just blow them completely off thru 1st gear (my 930 box, that is blown off damn near all the way to 60 mph) then blow 'em off in 2nd if they are cold to about 80mph or so. Good and hot they will stick going into 2nd.

I am back at -3deg now for the track and they haven't a hope in hell sticking, but frankly it seems just about as bad.

edit - but for the road course, I don't blow them off once I am running. Only from stops and then hammering into 2nd until they are hot will they blow off. Once warm, I can spin from a start without issue, but that isn't an issue once on the track and rolling at all points (not stopped and hammering the gas)

At 0deg to -0.5 and a drag radial is probably the best bet for a mostly street car. Nitto or now BFG may have a stiff sidewall race radial that would work in the corners a bit too.