Originally Posted by Epstein

Camber gain is a good thing. Knowing the camber curve is even better. Yes I can see where it seems reasonable to not want more camber when you're already running 3* and burning up the inside of your tires. The idea is to match your camber gain to your body roll. Camber gain is added angle to the ground. Body roll is subtracted angle to the ground. For example, if your car handles pretty flat, you might compress 1" on the outside (in a hard turn) and lift 1" on the inside. Seems reasonable... and inch isn't a whole lot. Well 2" of difference total and a 66" width, throw some Sine in there and it's about 2* of body roll. That's 2* of camber angle you've lost. So if you had 2* static camber and no camber gain, the tire would be completely vertical. Camber gain is adding a few degrees to keep a good angle to the ground during a turn. Want less? Decrease the camber gain or run less static camber. You don't need any camber to go straight. You need it in turns. Wouldn't you want a model where camber increases as compression/effort increases? BTW, camber also decreases in lift on inside of the car. That's the other side of camber gain under compression... camber subtraction under lift.

Also BTW, slammed cars have very little to no camber gain in the front due to geometry. Tendancy to understeer, anyone?