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Hotchkis Sports Suspension H-Sport Camber Plates

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Description:	The biggest problem with a strut type front suspension is the lack of camber gain. What is camber gain? Camber gain refers to how much negative camber is increased during the suspension’s bump travel. When cornering around a turn, the vehicle will roll causing the outside wheels to tip over in the same direction. This situation is causes the tire’s contact patch to lose traction with the ground resulting in understeer or “push”. On double wishbone suspensions, camber gain allows the suspension to have more negative camber during these rolling conditions, thereby planting the tire contact patch square to the ground resulting in increased traction. A strut type suspension has little to no camber gain. As the suspension travels upward the camber angle stays the same. One way to counteract this problem is to induce more static camber. Static camber refers to the camber angle at static ride height. By adding more negative camber to the suspension you can optimize the tire grip for any type of rolling conditions. This modification is a must for the track, autocross, or spirited canyon driving. Features: - Camber Adjustment range: 0° to – 3.8° (Only MINI’s equipped with Coilovers & Linear Springs can achieve over –2° due to spring diameter) Visible Machined Tick Marks for Easy and Repeatable Camber Changes Easy to Adjust. Undo 2 Hex Bolts for Each Side and slide! Steel Base Plate Reinforces Strut Tower. No More “Mushrooming” Stainless Steel Slider with Pillow Ball Mount. Pillow Ball is replaceable. Reinforced Spring Seat Included. Suggested settings: Street Driving: - 2° Track & Autocross: - 3° or higher Cars using coils overs should use the following camber plate kits: Order 30832 for (2.25” Diameter) Linear Spring Seat Order 30835 for (2.50” Diameter) Linear Spring Seat
Keywords:	Hotchkis H-sport Camber Plates Adjustable
Web site:	http://www.waymotorworks.com/h-sport-camber-plates.html

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Mr Skurvy
2nd Gear

Registered: May 2006
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 105

Review Date: 7/15/2008

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Pros:	Rock solid constructions, easy adjustment, good looks, saves tires
Cons:	None

Installed the H-Sport camber plates after my first track day and shredding my front tires in a day...
Since installing these and getting a proper alignment, much better cornering performance and tires are wearing great! They look great when installed and I have them marked for street set up with separate marks for track set up...

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BBCooper
3rd Gear

Registered: September 2004
Location: San Diego
Posts: 296

Review Date: 8/4/2009

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Pros:	Very solid design, easy access for adjustment
Cons:	none..

Got these from Way. Wow these are very nice design and easy access to camber adjustments. Very heavy plate upper plate design to prevent mushrooming issues too..

JCWMiniNewb
1st Gear

Registered: June 2010
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 25

Review Date: 2/25/2011

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Pros:	Solid metal, eliminates mushrooming, easy to adjust.
Cons:	Had to re-weld one of the bolts after tracking, noisy

The only thing I can compare these to is the standard camber plates on the 2005 MCS. Compared to the OEM plates, these are heavy and very solid feeling. They are simple to adjust as well, needing only to relieve some of the weight off one of the tires and a wrench. Pre-marking the plates with a grease pencil or marker is recommended if you adjust for street and track.

After a couple of track days one of the bolts popped off and had to be re-welded on. The plate itself wasn't cracked however. Seems the plates are stronger than the fasteners that are embedded in it.

While the old OEM plates were weaker and ligher than these, they certainly were quieter. The H-Sport plates are very heavy for such a tiny size, and when going over bumps are pretty noisy. It's basically metal on metal.

I got these mainly to solve the strut tower mushrooming issues that r53s have, instead of getting simple plates on the top. They were kind of a pain in the butt to install, but worth the time spent. Being able to fiddle with my camber depending on use is great, and was mostly just a bonus. I really got them to prevent mushrooming.

gggbell
Neutral

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 1

Review Date: 6/27/2011

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0

Pros:
Cons:

I just installed installed the Ireland Engineering Adjustable camber plates. While I don't own the Hotchiss adjustables being reviewed here, I see a big advantage - the H-Sports only have 2 bolts and the Ireland plates have 4 bolts. On the driver side (left) of my '08 Cooper S the inside bolts are all the way under the tower lip. That makes them a pain to tighten. I suppose I could scrap the 2 inner bolts, but as an engineer I have to assume Ireland believed the materials and threads being used needed 4 bolts to handle the forces. I've found a pair of needle-nose vice grips that let you tighten the 2 "buried bolts" but I think the Hotchkiss and Helix designs are simpler and cleaner. BRW someone said -2 deg is about the max with stock springs and that is true. My Koni Sport struts have a tab for the swaybar link that limits me to -1.9 deg, but if the tab was limiting the stock springs are would probably limit right around -2 deg on the right side. For some reason the left side fender well is more "roomy".

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