Lets talk Autocross

With this years MATS coming up I will admit it! I have been jealous watching the autocross guys having a blast going around cones in Vegas. So I'm thinking about maybe taking the budget Dart this year and participating in some of that fun.

I have already made a few handling and braking improvements to the car like bigger wheels and tires, 1.03 torsion bars, rebuilt front suspension, 11.75" disc brakes. The Dart also has another modification that may hurt cornering. The rear leaf springs have been relocated under the frame.

So whats the deal with autocross suspension set up? Seems like at the slower speeds the setup wouldn't be as much a science as say road racing but I'm sure I'm wrong.

What transmissions are the autocross guys running auto manual or both? Are they shifting or setting it up to basically run in one gear?