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For what kind of drifting??
It does depend on the discipline of drifting.
Trick question?
There is honestly no advantage in using positive.
Point Drifting you slide further & hold more angle with Negative
Tandem Drifters use hardly any camber, maybe .5 negative.
It’s not neccessarily “stupid” to use Positive, it’s kind of like training wheels, you won’t be competitive, but it’ll help you understand the basics if you’re just starting, it’s the same deal with massive amounts of toe out on front wheels.
This isn’t true at all. I use -3.0 in the front and between -0.0 & -1.0 in the rear and I tandem.
You actually slide way more and can keep more stable corners with positive camber. A lot of the time though it will will make you drift slower which isn’t a good thing if you want to tandem.
I use -1.7 in the front, get your facts right before running your mouth D1
Don’t get upset. He was not running his mouth as you say. The OP asked for peoples views and he gave OP his view.
As for myself I think that Negative camber should be the only way.
Negative in my opinion. I do tandem drifting. Same as mentioned above I keep it around the -3.0 for front. In some cases I have messed around with up to -5.0.
Positive camber does seem to hurt speed as also mentioned.
It really depends. Drifts cars in real life run negative front and back. A hand few run negative front and a little positive in the rear. As Pounder said it will hurt the speed.
Personally when tuning I try to get it so that when I am in a drift, the front lead tire is flat on the ground. Not angled. I think this provides the most grip and helps get a good bite. On some cars, I have had to exceed -3.0 front camber to achieve this.
With positive camber you would have the opposite effect. The lead tire is at a major angle during a drift, in my opinion, this is what causes loss of grip and slower drifting.
I run about -2.5 to -3.0 in my front & -1.5 in the rear, I also run positive 2.0 toe in most of my drift cars. Top 100 in most drift rivals + I tandem with these specs.
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dialing in camber is about making sure you have the most contact with the surface as possible (especially in drifting). negative camber is the way to achieve this, not positive.
I personally run -4.0 for the front and -1.0 in the rear. But this is relative due to the rest of my suspension set up.