Axle center to fork Crown race changing by just 5mm? should not make a Night and day difference.
A machined washer 5mm thick Can , in theory, go under the fork crown race and the crown-race seat
to make the difference zero ..
but its not like substituting a Suspension fork for one thats 4"shorter.
Head tube angle =73
Fork offset =43
Trail =59
And a 5mm wider, and thus taller, tire can also make up the difference