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Originally Posted by sperry
That's the funniest part about this. People have been shaving tires asymmetrically for years to try to get better handling in SCCA stock classes where camber adjustments aren't allowed outside of factory specs. This is not a new idea... it's a 40+ year old idea to bandaid suspension geometry issues.
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You are correct, but they were/are doing it for more negative camber, not positive which is what he is doing. Camber is really the wrong word here.
Racers have been shaving smaller outer, larger inner diameter, he is doing the opposite, larger outer, smaller inner.
He is challenging the basic concept of negative camber is good which is why everyone else has their panties in a bunch over this. He is tilting at windmills.
Again, not speaking for him, but I can see where having a traction at the outer edge of the tire from the get go when cornering might be a good thing as long as you can keep the tire from deflecting and eating the sidewall. And keeping the inside tire in contact can't be a bad thing either. NASCAR run the inners at positive camber after all for just that reason. If he can generate a net gain in overall traction while effectively increasing the track of the car, he might well be on to something.