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The whole "parts" thing is kind of confusing when making drinks, because as the recipes get passed around, oz. and shots often get changed or substituted with parts and then everything gets messed up.
In my opinion, a long island iced tea should only ever include gin, vodka, rum and triple sec as alcohols. Tequila has no place in them, and I object to its use, as that's a different drink entirely. The coke is there purely for color. You shouldn't be trying to put in enough to make the taste any different.
The recipe I use is:
1 highball glass, full of ice
.5 oz each of vodka, rum, gin, triple sec
fill with sweet and sour
top with coke
stir
garnish with a flag or lemon, as you prefer
Flag=lemon or orange slice with a lemon, in case that's too much of a bar term.
Unfortunately, the long island is a drink that's been abused and messed with without changing the name, so what you had and liked a lot in the bar may have nothing to do with the recipe I just gave. The most common substitution/addition is tequila either with or for triple sec, so try that if the straight version isn't working for you.
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