You had me intrigued on the too far forward and when I got home from work today took some measurements from the wheel center to the front of the radiator and did the same on the frame with the engine. If I am estimating correctly it is >4 in pushed forward. But that would mean that the firewall would need to be cut into which is not something I want to do. When I did the first check it was without the engine in.
The height part, I am not even sure how to check that, what is too low? I was off by that measurement it worries that I am off by the other too. There goes being excited that I was on the right path.