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Originally Posted by Gription
More camber=more contact patch at full lock. I've got room to adjust the tie rods so I'm not worried about that, and I'm extending the arms after where the tension rod mounts so it won't have an effect on that.
Also, front camber doesn't change under compression.
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While running more camber enables more camber retention under full lock and compression, you also are now fighting some serious toe in and bump steer when doing it. Lets also not forget that when you're at full luck and your outer wheel is now got (theoretically speaking) 3 or 4* of camber vs the static of 5, your inside wheel (non loaded) is going to be loosing grip due to the massive camber...thus putting (as what I'd say) an undesirable amount of stress on the loaded wheel/tire combo...I just can't see it being helpful for any sort of performance control, regardless grip or drift. There is certainly a balance of static camber to be reached...I just think you're throwing way to much camber at a setup (especially on street tires), when you'd probably have better front grip with 2-3* of static camber.
Front camber does also change under compression, it's all relative to your control arms and how off your roll center is though. I assume at your ride height that they are probably aiming at the moon, so you're obviously going to loose camber under compression, as well as have odd toe movement as well, as regardless of the tension arm being in the same place, it's still a triangulated point and will control how the hub rotates upon compression)
Either way, bust of luck. Not trying to be a hater, just trying to make sense of it all.