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Scott @ RA · 07-20-2010, 03:35 PM

I have ran racing slicks with camber built into them before, Gooyear makes them (as well as a couple other tire brands, I am sure). I have done some extensive race and street tire tests as a test driver for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (also more recently for Hankook, and Toyo on a smaller level).

The cambered tires didn't seem to work out as well as the engineers would have liked. I think it was one of those things that looked good in concept, but didn't work out to well in the real world or on the race track when the idea was actually implemented.

Not only did the cambered tires require the cars to have very unconventional set-ups to even work, but once the cars were dialed in on the cambered tires, it never felt very good or was beneficial in any way when compared to a conventional made tire of the same compound.

07-20-2010, 03:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
Scott @ RA Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: So Cal Posts: 410 Drives: Ridiculously Fast Rep Power: 15	I have ran racing slicks with camber built into them before, Gooyear makes them (as well as a couple other tire brands, I am sure). I have done some extensive race and street tire tests as a test driver for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (also more recently for Hankook, and Toyo on a smaller level). The cambered tires didn't seem to work out as well as the engineers would have liked. I think it was one of those things that looked good in concept, but didn't work out to well in the real world or on the race track when the idea was actually implemented. Not only did the cambered tires require the cars to have very unconventional set-ups to even work, but once the cars were dialed in on the cambered tires, it never felt very good or was beneficial in any way when compared to a conventional made tire of the same compound. Last edited by Scott @ RA; 07-20-2010 at 03:41 PM.