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Originally Posted by DanEC
Wow - that's a lot of negative camber! Is that for the track or street?
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Yes it is, but a Kirkham is very much like an original and has very little camber gain in bump, as a result you need to run more static camber to get steering response and cornering capacity. If the car is used in "spirited" driving you will get even tire wear, if it is driven on freeways or with very little cornering load you will get inside shoulder wear. That is why it is best to drive it for awhile and adjust camber for relatively even tire wear. It all depends on the owners driving habits, that set up will give optimum handling on the street but maybe not optimum tire wear. Radials need more camber than bias plys because of the construction and can still have a relatively even foot print with 1 degree of negative camber, adding cornering load increases the camber requirement especially with stock Cobra suspension. The only way to know is to try it, I can't imagine a Cobra owner who wouldn't hit a round about hard when the opportunity presented itself, otherwise why have a Cobra? Getting perfect tire wear is like getting good gas mileage who cares?