Well it's not ALL you're getting. You are still gonna get more height in the front end.
By turning the bars.
I turned mine up about five turns, I would add the new shocks if you go that much or more. The increased distance (travel) is necessary if the height is important to ya. Less basketball effect and hitting the shock limits (topping them out).
I have seen Neo hit
hard in the front end though (coming down Cliffhanger- remember
. I was following him and he came on the CB advising that I might want to take a slightly different line than he had just taken, still makes me smile thinking about it ), and his truck took it great! So from just a performance standpoint, I think he makes a good point about how many bar turns are necessary.