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the chart below may provide some perspective

(the numbering & lettering became a little fuzzy when I compressed the file, apologies)

Food for thought: Increasing positive front caster equates to the front tires "leaning" more into a corner when the steering wheel is turned, this quickens steering response and reduces understeer. Understeer can also be improved by increasing negative camber, but at the expense of increased tire wear because the tires are always leaning inward, even when the car is not cornering. Tire wear caused by negative camber can be cancelled out by "toe-out" but that in itself has draw backs (destabilizing), which is why "street cars", even those with lots of negative camber, are usually spec'd with just a bit of toe-in. The best way to go, in my opinion, is to modify the upper front control arms and dial in about 5 or 6 degrees of positive front caster. If you have that, you don't need a bunch of negative front camber.

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