So negative camber is something I’m still curious about, specifically towards the drive of a certain car. Let’s say I have a RWD car, do I apply more negative camber towards the back than the front? And for FWD I apply more negative camber in the front than the back? Also, could too much negative camber cause excessive oversteer? (Oversteer is a problem I have with cars a lot and on some adjusting the ARB, springs and dampers have little affect.) Thanks for reading my questions and answering
The general rule of thumb is you want more negative camber on the front than the rear.
How much entirely depends on the car and track but the below should be fine for most cars
RWD -1.9/-1.7
AWD -1.9/-1.6
FWD -1.9/-1.5
As for the anti roll bars, springs etc the basics really are quite simple. If the car is oversteering then stiffen the front and soften the rear, if it’s understeering then soften the front and stiffen the rear.
There’s other things you have to consider (lift off oversteer etc and tuning the diff) but the basics really are that straight forward.
There are many many causes of oversteer but I’m going to restrict my response to camber only.
What I like to do is keeping the powered wheel’s camber as low as possible thereby maintaining maximum contact (theoretically at least).
Wider tire can get away with lower camber. So as you increase the tire width the camber can be lowered.
From what I have tried, no amount of camber can completely correct high oversteer; wider rear tires seem to work very well (but also requires diff adjustment).
For RWD, generally I keep rear camber lower than the front + moderate camber.
For FWD, about the same camber for both front/rear but on the low side of the scale + high caster.
For AWD, about the same camber for both front/rear but on the low side. Caster adjustment depending on power distribution.