Porsche wheel weights

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Originally Posted by $aint

Which camber changes do you mean?


Do you have any data about this?

The front on a link pin or ball joint suffer camber change in roll from near vertical to horribly positive. The Macpherson strut suffers less badly but still has some changes.
The rear on a swing axle is absolutely chronic in roll going from several degrees poitive in droop to several degrees negative in compression. The IRS again suffers less badly but does go from positve camber to negative camber in droop to compression. To add figures to all this would require significant data on a wheel alignment gig and a chapter of a book.

I am not aware of any data relating to the tyres ability to cope with camber change but I ask you to imagine a situation where there is excessive camber, the taller profile tyre will keep the tread more readily in contact with the road than the lower profile tyre because the sidewall is not having to deform as much. Put another way if the load on the tyre is constant in both instances the sidewall of the tall profile tyre will deform more than the low profile tyre.

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