RE: Another Skymaster Viper
I don't know if you can compare the two things, but on my Elan I have a P160SX, and because of the size of that, I melted the two servo covers on the elavator.
I then raised the turbine by mounting 3 mm thick washers under the front screws of the engine mount. That gave the engine so much "down thrust" that it was easy to see that the engine was tilted (and it has saved my elevator covers since then)
That did not change the trim at all, I could not feel any diffrence whatsoever after installing the washers.