Racecar alignment

when we were running and tuning the Landy Dart clone i stood at the big end. I just watched the distance between the tire and the wheel lip (about 3 or 4" as i remember) and had it aligned at that height, ride height the wheel lip is even or lower than the top of the tire.

we ran the caltracs shocks that are supposed to drop but that didn't seem to be the case for us...