Setting ride height/alignment with no motor

Suspension motion is not linear, its a waste of time without the weight AND position of the engine/trans. Think about it, all of the components would be straight as an arrow if it was. Look at ball joint angles, control arm angles even unibody angles nothing is really straight. Engineers have computer simulations to "move" objects in 3 dimensions to calculate these relationships and how they will react.. sorry for the long winded answer :-k

Alignment is not set in motion, it is set statically. If there is no engine, it's not going to be driven.