Smart Racing Products SmartCamber Camber/Caster Gauge Dan Barnes Writer Feb 05, 2004 You've been to a season or two of autocrosses or track days, and decide it's time to get serious.

The most notable and visible difference between oval racing and road-course racing is camber of the wheels. Camber is the angle of the wheel in relation to the car when viewed from the front.

Wheel camber is incredibly important for grip and tire wear. It's important to know how it works. ... He has a taste for high-mileage, rusted-out projects and amateur endurance racing.

To check camber, merely set the stand points to reference off the wheel and read the gauge. Camber is the inward or outward tilt of the top of the tire as viewed from the front.

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If you don't have a flat, perpendicular side, then you will have to use your caster/camber gauge. Caster is measured by noting the wheel camber at 20 degrees to the left and 20 degrees to the right.