Okay, I got the incidense meter on the Shoestring today. My wing is at +1.5 and the engine was at -.5 degrees after I removed the washers from behind the motor mount. After I moved the engine to -2.5 degrees on the down thrust the front of the cowl and the back of the spinner were pretty much parallel to each other. After seeing how much it needs to be twisted in the mount to get to -2.5 degrees I sure don't believe there is any down thrust built into the firewall at all. I am hoping to get her out for a test flight Friday or Saturday and will let you all know what happens.

Jeff