Which way do the calipers go?

The practice of shifting weight around is an interesting one.
The vendors of the aftermarket front end kits all seem to brag about weight savings. Of course they compare their manual steering rack to the OEM power steering setups to exaggerate their claims. Magnum Force was one that first offered a coil over setup that used the stock shock absorber mount to fully support the car, a design idea that looks like something that Wile E Coyote ordered from ACME suspension. They took the Mopar design of low mounted torsion bars and eliminated that by moving weight forward and UP, even though the weight was less. Even if the shock mounts were beefy enough, is this any actual gain?
I know that I am not a skilled enough driver to detect even 50 lbs moved from the extreme front to the middle. When you are driving a 3500-4000 lb car, that is next to nothing.