Here is a pic of the sig senior with no cowl or cheeks, It may be hard to see but that engine is tilted rather far down. But the plane flys
like a dream and and even after my friend and I finished training on it and have moved to other planes, We haven't touched the
setup, and the plane flys every few weeks. I agree with bruce leave it as it was designed. If you still don't like it after flying
for a while add small spacers to the bottom engine mount bolts and try it like that.