coglin,
Welcome to the Forum SmileWavy
You will find a lot of help here.

I’m going to challenge for everyone to post a summary (with links) to all the info available on this subject, sorted by relevance. This will provide a good research resource available to everyone.

There are a lot of skilled people available. With Tyson, Bill, Dave and more posting, you have among the best.

Chassis tuning (of which lowering is a part) is a system with lots of different aspects. Everything is a compromise. The key is to appropriately adjust/modify the entire system, not try to do it piecemeal.

Best,
Grady