[Dave at Pelican Parts]

When you lower the front of a 914 using the torsion bar adjusters, you will pretty much only affect your camber angle. (Caster and toe are affected, as well, but much less.) When you raise the car up, you add more positive camber; when you lower the car, you add more negative camber.

You should be safe to drive to the alignment shop after tweaking the adjusters. I wouldn't want to drive around for a month before the alignment, but you should be fine going to the shop. (Just remember, the car may not have the grip or the balance you're used to, so take it easy!)

You can do a rough alignment by dropping a plumb line off the side of the car, even with the center of the wheel, and measuring how far the top and bottom of the wheel is from the plumb line. Some trig will give you the angle.

--DD