Miata Mailing List: November 1999, Message #757

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At 08:19 PM 11/5/99 -0500, Lanny Chambers wrote:
>On 11/5/99 18:07, Alessandro Di Sciascio whitemiata@thesitemill.com wrote:

>>If anyone has any suggestions as to other things that I could do (I will be
>>trying to align her a little better than she is right now) this evening
>>(practice tomorrow, race sunday) please share!
>
>Don't worry, you won't turn into a pumpkin before the new cams arrive. 
>-2.2 isn't that big a deal on street tires. If you nearly always corner 
>aggressively, you may even like it that way. If you're planning on using 
>DOT race tires Sunday, you may notice the extra neg camber. Learn to 
>adjust for it during practice.
>


Alex,

Some DOT race tires (Hoosier A3S03?) actually work better with extra
negative camber.  
Don't sweat it.
As for your street rubber, just remember to flip your directional tires on
the rim as the inside edges start to wear.



Eric Moon
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