Technical Caster and Panhard bar

I have a question about my front suspension.
Built an A-Ford Speedster (which is allowed on the road but is actually used most on the beach) with fairly standard parts. What I changed is a 1" dropped front crossmember and removed some leaf springs. As a result, it has dropped quite a bit with still reasonable suspension.
But because I still mounted the original wishbone in its original location, I have too much caster!
Now I want to split the original wishbone so I can move the mounting points up and reduce the caster.
What is the "ideal" caster? Around 7 degrees? Or is there a difference for different usage?
I use the original steering. Do I need a Panhard bar?

Thanks, Bart

 

How much caster do you have now? You can Pie cut the wishbones to adjust Caster. I like 5 degrees positive Caster.

 

Each stet up different ,
More caster for higher speeds ,steering heavy.
Did you check @ ride height on ground.
if you know thats
The caster you want you can cut bones to cast you want & use slip tube inside plug weld & weld back up smooth out.
Panbar optional when setting up pan bar same thing set / adjust @
ride height

 

I still have to take an exact measurement, but it is well over 10 degrees!!

 

I just did a thread where a couple of front end guru's recommended 4-5 degrees for street driving.

 

Is it the numbers that bother you, or how the car handles? Stock steering box location no panhard needed.