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Wheel Cap - 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution / Ralliart 4-door Sedan TC-SST Evolution MR

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In a perfect world, cars wouldn’t need negative camber angle put into the suspension alignment to compensate for a car’s natural lean when going around a turn. To little negative camber and the outside tire will not have the full contact area of the tread on the ground, too much, and the tire will wear unevenly.

Automobile Magazine has just done a test on a newly developed tire patented by a man named John Scott. The tire is manufactured by Scott’s Optima Sports with its asymmetrical design is constructed with the benefits of negative camber in mind. The magazine was a skeptical on how these tires would work, so they tested out two Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions. One with the factory tires (very good Yokohama Advan A13s) and camber settings. The other with excessive negative camber and either Optima Sport’s normal wear tires or stickier R-compound tires.

The results were actually positive, according to the results. The regular camber tires matched the Evo’s factory setup, while the R-compounds increased the performance of the Mitsubishi. The tires also provided a better driving experience, as Automobile found the Optima equipped car to have better a better response to steering output and throttle modulation. Even the ride quality was apparently better than the stock affair.

According to the article, John Scott is looking to sell the tires initially to amateur racers for autocross or track day events, but ultimately wants to license the technology out to other companies.

For the full article and numbers, follow the link below.

[Source: Automobile]