Ride Height?, and autocross alignment settings? Options

[billd]

What do people recommend for ride height and alignment settings for a 2.0L being used primarily for autocross. The rear ride height is constrained by the springs with the perch on the lowest "slot" in the Koni shock. For front height I was thinking of 125mm from the center of the torsion bar to the center of the spindle. This is 35mm lower than the stock 90mm. For camber I was thinking of -2 degrees in front and -2.5 degrees in back.

I've finally got the suspension put back together with 180# springs and Koni Sports in the back, 21mm torsion bars, Koni Sports, poly bushings, and turbo tie rods in front. Now I just need to set the alignment and get a decent set of tires (Faken 615s) on it.

[jhadler]

Generally speaking, a rake of roughly 1 degree is considered desirable. That means the rear is higher by enough to put the chassis of the car at a 1 degree slope to the front.

Going beyond that, you may want to actually have the car corner balanced. Setting the ride height to get as close to even weight distribution as you can (as well as cross weights... LR+RF = RR+LF). Best to do that with coil-overs though...

As for camber? Good luck getting to those numbers. -2 degrees up front pretty much requires some heroics. And none too cheap either. And furthermore, why? That's a lot of negative camber. -1.5 is generaelly what you can get out of good front end without fancy strut bushings or metal grinding/cutting... And -2.5 in back is alot no matter what. Again, why so much negative camber?

-Josh2