Interesting thoughts, I didn’t even know +5mm races even existed and will look into that, a cursory google has only revealed taller headset cups so far for the cane creek headset (think mine is an s8).
The frame is old – commencal absolute VIP 2006, the forks are older – Fox 36 2005 but it is all I currently have other than a DH bike.
With the current ‘setup’ both races seem to have hit the taper, the top race was a lot harder to seat than the bottom so I assumed there was enough taper for both. I am kinda thinking or hoping with everything done up correctly it is not going to fall apart like a clown car and at worst the headset will work loose as the stacked races are potentially squished together a bit more.
I acknowledge it is not ideal and a bit of a bodge.