‘Oni Kyan’—Japanese ‘Demon Camber’
This Japanese hot rod with extreme negative tire camber, Oni Kyan (lit. “Demon Camber), was featured on jalopnik today.
According to noriyaro.com, the Japanese creator of this “VIP car”, Mr. Kawashima says: “There's three main points of the way modified cars should look (in Japan), and that's onikyan (cambered wheels), tsuraichi (tyres just barely inside the guards) and hippari (stretched tyres). I wanted to make a car that took all of those things to the furthest point I've ever seen them done.
More at jalopnik.com How The Hell Does This Car Drive?
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June 16th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Ha, here are even wilder cambered cars!
http://youtu.be/GRQ567yQ7UA
http://youtu.be/2gAlQLH9O0A
June 17th, 2012 at 6:03 am
Obviously, the drivers in the above clips are math majors.
June 17th, 2012 at 11:05 am
Hey, at least their ride gets noticed.
(Here in Tokyo, even a pink Ferrari or a lowrider McLaren won’t cause anyone to blink.)
July 12th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Originally, the main purpose of oni-kan is to allow using alloy wheels more than 12 inches. That required lots of negative camber so those wide wheels could fit within the standard wheel arches while keeping the car low. Soon the negative camber look became a style in itself (rather than a crude fix of the limits wheel arch clearance).