Optima Sports Cambertire.com Tires with built in Camber for cars, trucks, suv

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Optima Sports, Inc.
262 W. Main Street
Wales, WI 53183
262.834.5407

I'm John Robinson Scott. Welcome to Cambertire.com

Our website is currently under construction, but some information has been posted here for those of you finding your way to this page. The Mission of Cambertire.com and the camber tire division of Optima Sports is to promote a Patented new tire technology that we believe literally re-invents the Wheel: Tires with built in Camber for cars, trucks, suv, and vehicles with full or front independent suspension.

When mounted on a vehicle with independent negatively cambered suspension research indicates that the Camber Tire enables substantially Improved Handling, Improved Tread Wear, Decreased Tread Noise, Decrease incidence of Roll-Over, and Improved Fuel Mileage due to a reduction in rolling resistance from eliminating the need for toe-in and facilitating the use of narrower tires among other benefits. And perhaps more importantly from a pragmatic perspective, the camber tire does so with nothing additional added-to or modified-on the vehicle. Simply a new set of tires and an alignment including properly setting the suspension camber (inexpensive camber plates if necessary; OEM on many vehicles) and the many benefits are gained whether a new or old vehicle, SUV, passenger or sports car, diesel, regularly aspirated, turbo, supercharged, hybrid, electric, Ferrari, Porsche, Prius, Teslar or a 1974 VW Beetle! ALL VEHICLES with independent suspension, which account for the bulk of passenger vehicles presently on the road, stand to benefit improved mileage, tire life span, handling, performance and safety while the environment benefits a lighter footprint.

Thomas E. Sneva

With 13 career Indy car wins and 14 pole positions.Indy Car driver that was named to the prestigious Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. Sneva is best remembered for winning the 1983 Indianapolis 500. Nicknamed "The Gas Man," Sneva was an outstanding qualifier, winning the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 three times (1977, 1978, 1984). He was also the fastest qualifier on a fourth occasion in 1981. Sneva's unique abilities to get the most out of his car also led to him winning two consecutive USAC National Championships for Indycars in 1977 and 1978.

This is what Tom Sneva has to say about the Optima Sports Camber Tire;

"No question that camber helps performance. You only have to look at NASCAR and their team's use of camber for added performance ie. Traction. The negative of adding camber to a tire with sidewalls of the same height is that you create heat on the inside or outside edge of the tirecausing blistering or heat related problems that can cause loss of performance. With the Optima Camber Tire you get all the advantages of camber without introducing any of the negatives ie. heat that can lead to problems. I believe that commercializing this technology not only will yield an improvement in performance capabilities for motor sports, as well as a revolution in the passenger tire business, but also merits humanitarian purpose because tires that last longer are better for the environment andtires that are safer are better for everyone. We need to simply educate the public on the potential of the camber tire and further develop the technology"

Thomas E. Sneva

Brian H. Buckham

Brian Buckham has over 14-years in tire design, tire engineering and tire rubber compunding with 3 global tire companies. He has developed and qualified tires for OE fitment on Ford Motor Company, Nissan, Toyota and Isuzu cars, SUVs and light trucks. In addition, he has designed and launched replacement all-season and high performance tire product lines for global markets inlcuding the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Korea, China and many European countries. He initiated and lead the development of an automated tire finite element modeling (FEM) software platform allowing tire engineers to optimize tire design targeting specific tire performance characterisitcs. He directed a widely successful SCCA motorsports program in the USA. Buckham has 3 U.S. Patents based on his tire experience and has contributed to several other international patents over his career. Having spent the last 12-years in management, Buckham also has used the most recent 8-years rounding out his professional experience in customer development and support, marketing and sales. Buckham holds a Chemical Engineering degree (BSChE) from the University of Akron, and received an MBA from Ashland University in August 2007.

This is what Brian Buckham has to say about the Optima Sports Camber Tire;

"The Camber Tire is the most significant development in tire technology since radial tires began replacing bias back in the mid 1970's. The improved performance offered by the Camber Tire is simply revolutionary! Thanks,

Brian H. Buckham

Please See the Summary of Advantages page or read the Utility Patent granted for this innovative technology to learn more about the Optima Camber Tire. Feel free to contact us with any questions or inquiries. We are always happy to talk tires. We have tested Goodyear Racing Camber Tires (borrowed our technology for their largest OEM customer's racing teams!) with EXCELLENT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RESULTS and are now progressing to cambered prototypes built with identical construction as commercially available passenger car and SUV tires for third party control testing.

THE CURRENT CONVENTIONAL SQUARE TIRE If you have ever pushed a car on a smooth & level surface You've noticed how it still takes a lot of muscle to get the car to move. This is primarily because of a suspension alignment technique called toe in. It is used on all cars. Your tires do not point straight forward although it looks like they do. Your tires are aimed slightly inward, (pigeon -toed). It is used to help keep your tires from wandering from side to side while you drive. The problem with this is that it turns all four of your tires into plows. The trade off for stabilizing with toe-in is; friction, increased fuel consumption, increased heat, increased wear, loss of traction, increased roll over tendencies, increased waste, increased carbon footprint, lower cornering traction and sensitivity, lower emergency maneuvering integrity and response, and higher maintenance and failure. The Camber Tire technology effectively minimizes all of these trade-offs by eliminating the need for toe-in. A conventional square tire must be stretched into submission before enough tension can be created to force your vehicle to change direction. Toe-in is needed to help reduce the delay time and reduce a square tire's desire to wander from side to side. It has a very limited range because of the inherent problems toe-in creates. Another problem with square tire geometry is the balance shift in a corner. The center of balance moves further underneath your vehicle causing an increased urge to roll over!