Neal H

It would be nice to go a couple degrees more negative.

Sharon

You can only dial in so much...max a 1.5 degrees or so.


Sharon

Corey S

If you want more, you're gonna have to look into a crazy camber plate setup. Not sure if anyone has developed this yet. It's gonna be difficult with that second firewall in the way.

Corey S
00 Nogaro S4 (camber maxed out at -1.4 degrees front, set to -1.0 degree rear)

BobPa

Well almost. There is only a relative adjustment of camber possible with this car in stock configuration. That is, the subframe can be adjusted left or right to give more or less camber to one side of the car or the other. There is no way to adjust total camber. What you would gain on the one side, you would lose on the other. I wish Corey S were correct, I'd love to have neg 1.5 degrees. I do a lot of autocrossing, and this car just destroys the outer half of the tires. Also, due to the advanced suspension design (read non-strut type), there is no easy way to cheat and get cheap camber by shimming or hogging out strut holes or using crash bolts like you can with a strut-type car (I could get all the camber I wanted in my M3 using the shimming technique). One way I can see of getting camber would be to shorten the upper control arms, or lengthen the lower ones. I believe Stillen offers something like this for the last generation 300ZX. Tuners, are you listening?

s4wood

I have H&R coilovers on my S4 and I definitely have negative camber in the front...why? because of the coilover set up and the height I ended up at when adjusting them. It is true that with the "stock" set up you may not be able to dial in some negative camber...but with my coilovers you can. BTW, Corey and Sharon both have coilovers too...just not H&Rs.

I just pulled the paperwork...I have 1.1 degrees of negative camber on both of the front wheels.

Steve S.
00 S4

BobPa

I don't doubt your numbers. My point is that the camber itself is not inherently adjustable. Negative camber is a by product of lowering the car. Depending on the suspension design, the camber gains can be quite dramatic (look at the slammed Hondas). Now that you are lowered, you are stuck with that negative 1.1 degrees, you can't adjust it either way, without raising or lowering the car of course. I autocross in stock class, lowering is not allowed, hence I am stuck.

s4wood

The one thing I remember was a very strange tire size...I think it was a 245/45/16....yes, he used spacers. I think he also figured out a way to get negative camber....even in the back. Joe is still competing nationally...but now in a BMW 2.8 Coupe or boxster.

Steve S.
00 S4