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Originally Posted by !Zar!
Mercer? I'm not Chmercer lol. While I do agree that drift cars are not maintaining G-forces as long as actual road race cars, they are still experiencing body roll.
This picture shows that the full face of the tire is now hitting the ground (which in turn will give more grip) due to camber. I have experienced this personally in terms of grip. When I ran more camber in back, my car was able to gain speed faster due to the fact that there was more tire contacting the ground. Subsequently, running too little camber in back will make the car feel a little twitchy during transitions, and over all; but that can be more towards what tire you run.
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Hahah never thought i'd see my Daily driver pop up in a drift technique thread
Dont really drift it anymore due to me building a 240. And one of the reasons i went with the s13 over the z33 is suspension setup
When i got the Z33 i got megan street coilovers. They ride super good and dont handle bad, but the problem with most Z coils is that they aren't true type coilovers. Stance and a few other companies make true coilovers but the majority ive seen dont. the reason this is a problem is because the arm that holds the spring controls your toe. and if you lower the z you cant get good camber and toe numbers w/o getting an adjustable toe arm. And spl is the only company that makes a arm that holds the spring an is adjustable, but its like 800 bucks with everything, (ouch).
On the z i was running like -4 degrees of rear camber at that event, and although my body roll put more tread down on the ground, it still didnt handle like i wanted it too. front camber settings were good and it did fine (-3 to -3.5). but my rear ate tires wayy to fast and didnt gain speed as fast as i know it could do.
On my s13 i dialed it in too front -2.5 to -3 and rears are at -2. and i like where it is at.
ive never personally drifted with 0 rear camber but in my personal opinion a degree or 2 of camber in the rear helps when your body rolls from those sideways g's