ZOMG Camber tire!

[sbrenaman]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08...s/01CAMBER.html?_r=3 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/automobiles/01CAMBER.html?_r=3)

HOLY SHIT THIS GUY HAS REINVENTED THE WAY WE LOOK AT TIRES!

How long before one of the cars this goes on proportionally increases a ton more grip in the front than the rear on something like a Camry? We'd end up with 100,000 drivers end up backing their Camrys into ditches on freeway offramps.

[sbrenaman]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08...s/01CAMBER.html?_r=3 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/automobiles/01CAMBER.html?_r=3)

HOLY SHIT THIS GUY HAS REINVENTED THE WAY WE LOOK AT TIRES!

How long before one of the cars this goes on proportionally increases a ton more grip in the front than the rear on something like a Camry? We'd end up with 100,000 drivers end up backing their Camrys into ditches on freeway offramps.

[Peter7307]

"applications range from big rigs to garden equipment..."

How fast is this bloke intending to mow his lawn?

Peter.

[Zac]

Asymmetric molds are nothing new. Heck, the Goodyear FSAE tires have an asymmetric cavity shape.

[Jon Oneill]

I'm sorry, but regardless of the tyre profile, your still going to get just as much, if not more deflection due to the side wall flex?

Just a really complex tyre mould if you ask me? Perhaps it can find its way into the after market industry, because I cant see a home for it in any useful application.

[Pennyman]

Don't tires naturally end up this shape if you run too much camber in the first place?

[js10coastr]

*cough cough*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtJ0i5ilyyg