I’m saying that when the lift was checked with and without the relocation kit, there have been instances where the addition of the kit lowered the effective ratio.

So, if the OP has one of those kits installed, he could remove it and see if, in his particular situation, it has any impact on the ratio.

The highest departure from the “advertised” ratio I recall seeing was 1.67 from a set of HS 1.6’s on some Indy SR’s using checking springs.
With the full spring force(700lbs) at .700” lift, the effective ratio was still 1.63.

Edit- re-read the OP.
I didn’t see where it said if the lifters were solid or hyd.
You can’t get a good read on the true running lift using a hyd lifter for mock ups(it compresses)......... if that’s what you’re doing.