Following what rules? Downwind, base and final? Everything I described,
just closer to the airport.
By flying the approach I described, you will always reach the runway.
Flying a wide pattern and pushing the power/prop up and hearing the
engine make a strange sound may not get you where you want to go.

Mitty wrote:
try setting up your pattern so you arrive 1500 feet above field
elevation when abeam the approach end of the runway

No thanks. Especially not in a low wing airplane. I'll stick with the
orthodox pattern. I don't mind steep approaches, but I do mind
descending onto someone who is following the rules.