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XMDrifter · #21 03-08-2009, 10:54 PM

it looks like more of a drift car than a track racer, hence i think the negative camber is fitting

ling427ttvette · #22 03-08-2009, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaze

Don't mean to sound like a prick or anything, but interms of effeciency and functionability. If he could drive like that on a track with no problems, then he just doubled his tires life span. Cause it looks like only the inside half of the tires are touching right?, so when the inside half gets worn, all you do is rotate the tires side to side. This is an RC, so rotating the tires side to side don't matter like real cars where its back to front, or other specific tread patterns.

Now, if gripping is an issue like that, then yes, I'd rather have full tire contact... Aside from that, I'm not too much of a fan of that angle. If you could lessing the angle a little bit. Also, is that 0-offset? or can you bring them in a little more narrow? If you keep that angle I'd bring them in a lil more narrow (in terms of looks atleast... not sure how that'd affect your driving)

That would not double a tires life span. By giving a vehicle that much negative camber you are putting the full weight of the vehicle on a tiny little patch of tire which will cause that patch of tire to wear out extremely fast, and it's not a matter of switching the tires side to side as it would still be riding in the same spot on the tire. You would have to flip the tire over on the wheels to put it in a new spot on the tire.

I'm just really not a fan of that much negative camber. There is absolutely no benefit to that much negative camber other than show purposes, and it doesn't even look good at all so I don't see why people do it for show.

I can understand a little negative camber, but that much is a bit ridiculous.

SkylineLvr · #23 03-09-2009, 05:57 AM

If he switched his tires straight across then it won't be riding on the same spot. It would be riding on the opposite side that it was riding on previously (does that make sense???). I've heard that the more neg your camber, the better it drifts. Not experienced with it yet, but plan on getting all the different sized cambers and experimenting with them myself

Dr. Kustom · #24 03-09-2009, 07:21 AM

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it looks like more of a drift car than a track racer, hence i think the negative camber is fitting

Correct, it's gonna be a drift car.

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If he switched his tires straight across then it won't be riding on the same spot. It would be riding on the opposite side that it was riding on previously (does that make sense???). I've heard that the more neg your camber, the better it drifts. Not experienced with it yet, but plan on getting all the different sized cambers and experimenting with them myself

The tires on it are plastic, so won't make much diffence, and its true that more neg the camber is, the drift is batter, I'll try to post a video of it drifting sometimes this week.

torredo · #25 03-09-2009, 08:53 AM

Ho yeea!!!
this ones HAWT!!

nice to see an olde Skyline for sure, only thing id keep are the dark spoke wheels on it. The new ones you are using are to dub or something? eitherway, i love this car!

ling427ttvette · #26 03-09-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SkylineLvr

If he switched his tires straight across then it won't be riding on the same spot. It would be riding on the opposite side that it was riding on previously (does that make sense???). I've heard that the more neg your camber, the better it drifts. Not experienced with it yet, but plan on getting all the different sized cambers and experimenting with them myself

The ONLY way it would ride in a different spot without dismounting the tire from the wheel will be for the wheel to be put on backwards. I PROMISE you this.

As long as the tire stays on the wheel the same way, you can switch that wheel to what ever spot on the car you want and the tire will still ride on the inside with all that negative camber. The tire has to be dis-mounted from the wheel and flipped over and re-mounted to get a new wear spot on the tire.

youngxmodder · #27 03-09-2009, 10:38 PM

ling is right just think about it for a bit i don't think you can but a rim on backwards on a real car. that much camber is kinda good for high speed racing and taking corners faster so when the car kinda rolls to that side of the car the cars tires with roll and have traction over the whole tire here's a pic of what I'm trying to explain for high speed cornering with negative camber

since nascars only turn left they have that camber on the car cause of the g's it pulls the car to the right in turn making contact on the whole tire. but as i said earlier Ling was right that you have to revmove to tire from the rim and flip it around where the good spot is.

XMDrifter · #28 03-09-2009, 11:00 PM

camber is useful for cornering in normal grip racing as well because the outside tires get all the grip burden, so camber increases the contact patch when the car's supension rolls. camber is also adjusted so that the tire heats up evenly and has even wear on a certain track.

Kaze · #29 03-10-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ling427ttvette

The ONLY way it would ride in a different spot without dismounting the tire from the wheel will be for the wheel to be put on backwards. I PROMISE you this.

As long as the tire stays on the wheel the same way, you can switch that wheel to what ever spot on the car you want and the tire will still ride on the inside with all that negative camber. The tire has to be dis-mounted from the wheel and flipped over and re-mounted to get a new wear spot on the tire.

thats what I meant though, see below:

You start our wearing the insides(first line)
When they're done, switch sides, that way the unused part of the tire now contacts....
Eventually the whole thing will get used up

Like I said before, RC's don't work like real cars with tires (unless a specific tread pattern is used) so you can rotate any which way you like, especially with slicks or plastic, even teh treaded xmod tires can be switched around however you like.

On a real car, you're done, you Can't do it.

I'd like to see it drift too, make sure its a good vid ^_^

SkylineLvr · #30 03-10-2009, 02:33 AM

I was looking at it as if he just switched the tires across, not the tires with the rims

Dr. Kustom · #31 03-10-2009, 10:41 PM

Have a little extra time today, so I took some videos of it. Drifting is not perfect.

xmods1993 · #32 03-10-2009, 11:13 PM

saweet drifting im gonna ask for one for my birfday tehe

Dr. Kustom · #33 03-16-2009, 10:45 PM

okoye · #34 03-17-2009, 12:29 PM

now it looks so hardcore keep those rims white and paint the rest of the over fenders and it'll be boss

XMDrifter · #35 03-17-2009, 05:20 PM

woohoo that looks sweeeeet.
the overfenders work perfectly, and the rims are beautiful.

only thing i have to say is, careful with those rims...they are very fragile rims and can just snap in a short time.

mini-z drift · #36 03-17-2009, 06:37 PM

Keep it like that!
Let the battle scars build up!

FloydfanYodaman · #37 03-17-2009, 07:39 PM

looks sick...nice drifting vids...very jealous of your hardwood floors...

Dr. Kustom · #38 03-18-2009, 09:41 PM

Thanks guys, but those rims won't be staying for long, I have ordered a set of team atlas alum. rims for it. Also lay down more black on the body. I am not too sure about the white now, it looks nice, but doesn't seem like really fit the car, might go for another color, not sure yet. Let me know what you guys think.

torredo · #39 03-18-2009, 09:44 PM

yup!
those work, like a GT-R rim.

xmodkidd33 · #40 03-19-2009, 07:52 PM

I'd say bronze or even dark red.

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