How many track guys use a product like "Smart Camber" at the track?
02-19-04, 04:21 PM
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How many track guys use a product like "Smart Camber" at the track?
http://www.smartracingproducts.com/P.../alsutools.htm
I'm curious. How many "track guys" actually use a product like "Smart Camber" at the track?
I'm curious. How many "track guys" actually use a product like "Smart Camber" at the track?
02-19-04, 05:33 PM
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I use this........ does Toe and Camber
Toe get messed up more than camber and with a FC there is not much camber adjustment to be had anyway.
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Toe get messed up more than camber and with a FC there is not much camber adjustment to be had anyway.
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We use a friend's Smart Camber since he sold his race car, it comes in handy on surfaces that aren't quite level. It can be kinda time consuming calibrating it for each side of the car on an unlevel surface, but it works well.
02-19-04, 05:49 PM
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I have been thinking of buying one for quite a while, but I want to see someone use it firsthand. My main question is how difficult is it to account for unlevel surfaces.
I adjust toe all the time with just a tape measure and that's easy; caster and camber is a completely different story though.
I adjust toe all the time with just a tape measure and that's easy; caster and camber is a completely different story though.
02-20-04, 06:18 AM
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The key to using this at the track is to know what you are starting with. So set the car up on a level surface at home and record the settings. Then when you are at the track and you think you need another degree of camber, measure it as it sits and ad one.
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02-21-04, 01:09 PM
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For camber, I like to set everything up at home(on a known flat surface), and mark my plates accordingly(1*, 2*, 2.5*, 3*.), and then if I want to change at the track, I can do it quickly. it is a pain IMHO to raise the car, adjust, lower the car, see what you got, and then do it again, while I am trying to focus on the driving end. My .02 Carl
02-23-04, 09:42 AM
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Originally posted by Carl Byck
For camber, I like to set everything up at home(on a known flat surface), and mark my plates accordingly(1*, 2*, 2.5*, 3*.), and then if I want to change at the track, I can do it quickly.
For camber, I like to set everything up at home(on a known flat surface), and mark my plates accordingly(1*, 2*, 2.5*, 3*.), and then if I want to change at the track, I can do it quickly.
02-23-04, 11:42 AM
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Originally posted by Carl Byck
For camber, I like to set everything up at home(on a known flat surface), and mark my plates accordingly(1*, 2*, 2.5*, 3*.), and then if I want to change at the track, I can do it quickly. it is a pain IMHO to raise the car, adjust, lower the car, see what you got, and then do it again, while I am trying to focus on the driving end. My .02 Carl
For camber, I like to set everything up at home(on a known flat surface), and mark my plates accordingly(1*, 2*, 2.5*, 3*.), and then if I want to change at the track, I can do it quickly. it is a pain IMHO to raise the car, adjust, lower the car, see what you got, and then do it again, while I am trying to focus on the driving end. My .02 Carl
02-23-04, 04:29 PM
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Originally posted by RX-Heven
Why do you need to raise the car to adjust the camber with camber plates? Use a block of wood and a hammer and tap tap tap. That's my lazy way of doing it.
Why do you need to raise the car to adjust the camber with camber plates? Use a block of wood and a hammer and tap tap tap. That's my lazy way of doing it.
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Originally posted by RX-Heven
Why do you need to raise the car to adjust the camber with camber plates? Use a block of wood and a hammer and tap tap tap. That's my lazy way of doing it.
Why do you need to raise the car to adjust the camber with camber plates? Use a block of wood and a hammer and tap tap tap. That's my lazy way of doing it.
02-25-04, 12:25 AM
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he was specifying for not having camber plates.
he was specifying for not having camber plates.
Originally posted by Cheers!
FD's use a double A-arm setup. You can't just tap the shock body to move it around for caster and camber like the way u do on a FC.
FD's use a double A-arm setup. You can't just tap the shock body to move it around for caster and camber like the way u do on a FC.
Carl has an fc and I was asking why he did it on his car with camber plates.
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