??? on Camber degrees
04-21-2007, 05:12 PM
#1
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
??? on Camber degrees
I have a digital level I bought, and would like to use it to measure camber.
What I would like to know is how do you convert angle degrees
into camber degrees. I get a reading of say 84.5 degrees, what would
the camber be.
Thanks for any help.
What I would like to know is how do you convert angle degrees
into camber degrees. I get a reading of say 84.5 degrees, what would
the camber be.
Thanks for any help.
04-21-2007, 05:44 PM
#2
Le Mans Master
Wikipedia: Camber Angle
plane (ie: road equals 0º), then my vote is that the conversion is
simply 90º - Zº, where Zº is the figure reported by your gauge.
90º - 84.5º would be 5.5º Camber.
Is your's a street vehicle? 5.5º is a lot of camber to achieve with a
stock front suspension, something may not be right here in your measurements
or in my evaluation.
.
Camber angle is the angle made by the wheel of an automobile;
specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheel and
the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear.
Therefore, assuming that your gauge is reading from the horizontal specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheel and
the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear.
plane (ie: road equals 0º), then my vote is that the conversion is
simply 90º - Zº, where Zº is the figure reported by your gauge.
90º - 84.5º would be 5.5º Camber.
Is your's a street vehicle? 5.5º is a lot of camber to achieve with a
stock front suspension, something may not be right here in your measurements
or in my evaluation.
.
04-21-2007, 06:10 PM
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In your example, if the top of the wheel is closer to the centerline of the car than the bottom, you have -5.5 degrees of camber. No way will you have this much negative camber in a street car (or in a competition car for that matter, unless it is set up to run on an oval track).
If the top of the wheel is farther from the centerline of the car than the bottom, you have +5.5 degrees.
Find that level road and make your measurements again.
