suspension settings affect on hydroplaning
suspension settings affect on hydroplaning
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I am familiar with how many suspension settings affect a cars handleing on dry pavement, and while cornering, but how do the settings affect hydroplaning? I recently replaced the struts on my car (96 dodge neon) and set my camber to max negative (7deg ish)till I get an alignment (next weekend) and have noticed that I seem to be hydroplaning worse than before. this has me wonderning how various suspension attributes (such as camber, caster, toe, scrub radius, bound, and rebound) affect hydroplaning.





RE: suspension settings affect on hydroplaning
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RE: suspension settings affect on hydroplaning
Hydroplaning...dunno. Technically, 7 degrees ought to reduce the size of the contact patch thereby reducing hydroplaing. However, this condition might not allow the tire to work as designed.
I suggest a more reasonable camber value...1.5 degrees feels better to me. This is still a bit aggressive if driven daily on the street...unless you do not care about tire wear?
Michael
RE: suspension settings affect on hydroplaning
RE: suspension settings affect on hydroplaning
RE: suspension settings affect on hydroplaning
Norm
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I'll buy that.
yes I know the alignment won't fix my bald tires. Im changing my alignment from factory settings and wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something important for wet weather traction.
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