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.

[billd]

I think you are both right. I currently have the car adjusted so that it has 1/2 degree forward rake - the rear jack point is 7" above the ground and the front jack point is 6.5" above the ground (over about a 60 inch baseline). The front torsion bar centers are 5" (127mm) below the spindle centers.

With this setup the lip of the rear fender in the center of the wheel is 24" above the ground and the lip of the front fender in the center of the wheel is 24.5" above the ground.

The issue is that the fender cut-outs for the front wheel go about 1" higher than the fender cut-outs for the rear wheel, so if you set ride height by the fender opening, setting the front fender 1/4" higher than the back is actually setting the car about 3/4" lower in front (and about 3/4 degree forward rake).