Thanks I think. The reason I asked the question is to take advantage of any possible improvements I can make to compensate for my inexperience. I was with an instructor and felt that all went well. Please be easy on me here. I did not come in here like I knew everything. The bottom line is I am not going to put the stock springs back in but instead use the car as is and ask for humble advise. And btw thank you!
i/we are not trying to beat you up. we are trying to warn you off potential unhappiness from too much enthusiasum.
above you say the improvements can compensate for your inexperience. it cant. which is why i say slow down.
the reverse is true. you cant properly use the improvements to the car til you are close to maxxing out the initial equipment. you need to be comfortable with the car and comfortable with your driving before you make your car handle better.
example from my own driving. my current race doesnt have a splitter and a tall wing on it. it also has the grand am spec koni dampers rather than the reserve cannister dynamics dampers which are better.
i need to push my car closer to the edge of its capabilities before adding the wing or the dampers would improve the car at all. i need to excede the capabilities of the current setup first. once i excede the ability of the current package, i will be able to tell if adding the aero package is adding speed or not.
you are not doing that yet. one step at a time.