Corner balance, any tips? Options

[tradisrad]

I am going to corner blance my 914 in the next week or so and I am looking for any tips that my help.

I picked up a set of Mad Racing scales, a Longacre caster/camber gauge and toe plates off of CL for $200. After I purchased said items I could not find a lot of info on the Mad Racing scales:



I did find that folks don't like these scales especially when compared to the Longacre digital scales. It also seems that there is a question about repeatability and accuracy with this type of scale. But they are what I have.

So, I would appreciate any advice on using these scales as well as the camber/caster gauge & toe plates.

My suspension set up is:
Elephant Poly Bronze x 4
GPR front bar
Stock torsion
Upper front monoballs
150lb Eibach springs w/ ground control
Bilstein shocks x 4
Turbo tie rods & bump steer.

[tradisrad]

after a few weeks time and sorting out some suspension issues (front shock bottomed out) I reattempted to corner balance my car.

What I have found is that with my low spring rates (150lbs) and stock torsion bars I have to radically change the ride heights to get the weight to shift around (with my 180lb butt in it). I had to drop the drivers side more than two inches. But w/o me in it the car is close to balanced.

I don't want to increase my spring rates or torsion bars to get the car to balance with me in it. I've been told that higher spring rates make the weight shift with less change to the ride height.

I though that I could just balance the car w/o me in it and call it good. Is this a reasonable idea? The car is going to be only used for the street and I probably don't need to bother with the corner balance at all. But I've got the scales and alignment tools and I want to use 'em.
thanks
-Rob