Just last night I turned my pinion angle from 2 degrees up to 4 degrees down. We will see labor day weekend if it helps my 60' at all. So I have a hard time thinking yours isnt hooking up good because of the pinion angle. Im suprised mine hooked up with the nose pointing up like that. Like I say my chassis was basically set up very poorly and it still hooked up and ran a 1.49 60' so I would guess that you have another problem somewhere esle.