Thanks John. You bring up an interesting point. I just finished re-installing the drive train in my Mangusta, which has the same mounting design you mention. The forward mounts, at the engine block, had failed due to header heat and uplift load from the engine under heavy accelleration in the lower gears. However, the mounts at the ZF/transaxle beam were in fine shape, with no deformation of the bushings, and no evidence of strain damage. Is there a better mount scheme? How were the original MKI's configured? I would think that, as long as the mounts at the engine block are sufficiently robust, the transaxle mounts make sense. Unless, that is, the "ears" have been shown to fail. They seem pretty stout to me.
