Questions about ride height, corner balancing and alignment

[RICK LAKE]

Pman1961 The first thing to do is get the corner weights right. This is with your weight in the drivers seat. Once you get this done, ROAD TEST the car doing right and left turns to settle the car. Springs and shock will drop a little in height. Have a 1/2 tank of gas in car. Now recheck your weights in the corners and check the ride heights I like a between a 48-52 and 49-51 ratio of front to back weight. This all depends on what springs you are running. I like the car to squat and leave without smoking the tires. Have about 1.5 inches of drop in the rear total. I have gone up in springs over 150# from street setup in the front. I autocross and road race the car. It is still very drivable and not jarring on the street. This also stopped the car from plowing into and out of turns. The best thing is to get video of th car in a parking lot or at a track or autocross event and look at how the car responds in handling.
Another big thing is how you drive the car. Some people like 15" wheels and slide their car around, (drifting) others like 17" wheels and drive point to point.
Other thing to take into account is does the car have power steering? This with change the alignment specs between the 2. The rest is all tire wear and reading them for the best alignment. Again what works for 1 car will not for yours.
Start with the weighing the car, get loads on the suspension, recheck your corner heights and adjust if needed to get the look. wheel alignment and retest with video. You want the car to track straight and turn flat and not plow. Other changes to follow. I learned this after a upped the front springs and changed the handling of the car so much. The video showed it also. Good luck Rick L.