Quote Originally Posted by Ken Thurm
The way I do it is, I want my ride height in the center of the travel of the shock. So I start off withe a piece of tubing and drill two holes in it representing the ride height. Set the car at the ride height I want, then do my shock mounts. Then spring it to that height. My roadster weighs 2440# and I use 180# Springs and sits in the middle of the shock stroke. In my opinion that is the correct end result.
Ken,

Most shock manufacturers advise the ride height to be above the 50% mark. The 1/3 figure I gave earlier is pretty common. No biggie, though if 50% works for you.