Traction problems

I pulled off the air shocks a long time ago...pretty sure they went with a load of scrap. The monroes are still on the car at the moment...even though they're gas charged, I can easily move the suspension through a lot of its travel by pushing and pulling on the back bumper. The motion stops pretty quickly, but it doesn't resist movement anywhere near as well as the CE shocks do.

I'm throwing the CE shocks back on until I get something else, since those seem to control the rear the best. One thing I noticed while playing with the CEs on the firmest setting is that they both extend at about the same rate, but one compresses a bit faster than the other (probably junk). Would I want that one on the driver or passenger side? My gut says driver side...

I'm running shock extensions on the CE drag shocks...they're about 27 fully extended with the extensions from center to center, ride height is right at 19.75 (measured it last night), and I have at least a couple inches of travel left when they're unhooked. The video posted above was with the CE drag shocks on the stiffest setting. watching the video, I see what dibbons means about the limited rise. I'm coming off of the line at 3k...you can see the suspension rise a bit when I load it up in after getting into the pre-stage light. Maybe coming off the line at around 1500 to 2000 would use up less suspension travel, giving it time to work.

I could try flipping the front hanger to bring it down, but wouldn't that mess with my instant center? Doesn't raising the front spring eye make it hit the tires harder?

Anyway...the reason behind me looking at the Rancho shocks is that I can get a really good deal on them, about $90 apiece instead of $120 each for the Calvert shocks. As long as they're long enough, would they be a good choice? Or do I need to bite the bullet and pony up the dough for the Vikings?