Serpent 710 - B6. Camber

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Measure and adjust ride height with the car ready-to-run but without
the body. Use the shock preload collars to raise and lower the ride
height.
Decreasing ride height (lowering the car)
• increases overall grip
• better on smooth tracks
Increasing ride height (raising the car)
• reduces overall grip
• better on bumpy tracks (prevents bottoming)
Ride Height and Tires
Ride height is measured with the wheels on the car, and the car ready-
to-run. When using rubber tires, your ride height settings should stay
consistent, since rubber tires do not wear down appreciably during use,
which results in a fairly constant ride height. However, if using foam
tires, the car’s ride height decreases as the foam tires wear down to
smaller diameters.
Tires may wear at different rates front-to-back, and left-to-right,
which may eventually result in a car with uneven ride height at all four
corners. You should periodically true your foam tires and readjust your
settings accordingly.
Ride Height and Suspension Settings
Suspension settings are unaffected by the wheels/tires you put on the
car, only the ride height is affected. When you use a set-up system
(such as the Hudy Set-Up System) to set your suspension settings, the
suspension settings do not change when you put different wheels on
the car. With the car sitting on the ground, it may appear that certain
settings are different, but this may be due to uneven tires, or tires with
different diameters. However, the settings you set using a set-up system
are the true suspension settings.
B6. CAMBER
Camber affects the car’s traction. Generally
more negative (inward) camber means
increased grip since the side-traction of the
wheel increases.
Adjust front camber so that the front tires
wear at, Adjust rear camber so that the
rear tires wear slightly conical to the inside.
The amount of front camber required to
maintain the maximum contact patch
largely depends on the amount of caster.
Higher degrees of caster require little or
no camber, while lower degrees of caster
require more negative camber.
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