Yup, this is one of those things that we can all benefit from when it comes to Drift, or any other motorsport scene (well maybe not winter rallying). Most of you have cars that are setup similar to mine and are running a pretty decent amount of camber all the way around, which is pretty great for the twisties but a big downside is the uneven wear on the tire. All of the tires which are available on the market are made as a rectangle tire with no angle to them but a man from Wisconsin might have came up with a solution. He came up with a camber tire and finally submitted a patent for the tires. Well the patent was submitted as far back as ’99 and the tires have still not barely made it into production through a small company called Optima Sports. To get more specific info on the patent you can head over to http://www.cambertire.com/ but the website is still under construction…
The tires give many improvements over the conventional tires event for regular street driving. The maker claims that “Camber Tire can deliver substantially improved handling, ride quality, tread wear and fuel economy.”
“demonstrated shorter stopping distances, higher cornering speeds and a markedly improved ride. The tires’ breakaway at the ragged edge of adhesion was more progressive and predictable than the Mitsubishi’s original-equipment Yokohama radials.”
Here’s a detailed look at the results of Automobile‘s tests:
If he succeeds in bringing this straight-from-the-track tire technology to the masses then maybe he really has “reinvented the wheel.”