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It is unclear from your post whether the improved ride quality and handling that you are describing was solely from relocating the battery, or whether the ST front sway bar played a role.
I'm skeptical. Unless you had the car on corner scales, I doubt that you changed the weight distribution significantly. You didn't mention where in the front you mounted the battery, so you may have improved the front/back ratios, but may have also worsened the right/left ratios. For most cars, one can only hope for equal cross weight ratios.
At the very least you have added weight in the front which would increase the amount of understeer, all other things being equal. If relocating the battery made the car seem so much better, lowering the car with progressive rate springs, or coil overs and soft springs, would seem to be the avenue to further improve the handling to your liking, rather than adjustable rate struts.
Improving the stickiness of the tires and an aggressive alignment would also help considerably.
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