Re: engine mounts

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In a message dated 96-10-14 22:46:33 EDT, you write:

<< Am I missing a bracket there or is that the way it is?  
 I have had the car for four years and nothing has changed there.  It
 certainly looks like it never had any support there.  Does anybody with a
 similar model have the same set up?
  >>
Most of the I5's mount that way....  it is there to keep the front oriented
only, I have heard of folks that eliminated it all together....  The
torsional forces are absorbed by the two mounts at the frame rails, and the
"wings" from the trans to subframe....

Scott