Bud, I guess "forward" is relative depending on how you're looking at the cowl. What I meant is that they (the holes) were too close to the rear edge of the cowl, or too far "back" looking at it from the front. So looking at it from this perspective, my cowl was then too far forward (didn't even look right making the nose too long) necessitating the use of the blocks had I used the original holes. Mine is coming slow, haven't had the time to work too much on it ( I travel a lot on business). But I do have a few days off this week and I'm planning to make some progress--hopefully!