Since you're going to change out the front suspension you've got opportunity to do it to get the ride height set from scratch. Others may disagree, but I'd say you need to get the wheels and tires on hand that you intend to run, or at a minimum make the decision on the wheels front & rear, and then the tires you'll run to yield the OD so you can cut some plywood rollers to set ride height. Check where the 113" wheelbase sets the front wheel, but I'd set it for the look, not just to match some number. Going from 14" wheels to 17's can indeed negate some drop, but it might not depending on the profile of the tires you choose to run. I spent several months wandering around car shows only looking at stance, wheel & tire sizes before I settled on the rubber rake that I wanted for my hiboy coupe. You may like your 14" wheels, but start looking at tires and you're going to find that the tire guys are shying away from anything less than 16's so your tire choices get limited. Like Mike mentioned, spend a lot of time developing your plan, detail it out as much as you can and then work the plan. You'll find that deviating from the plan almost always has a price premium associated.