Don Dunbar wrote:

Sorry Paul I didn't read your early message properly and I remember you
where helping me with the mount's.
Some times I am to gung ho and push ahead to fast,
I would like to use the Mazda mounting point on the center housing as
this does not  interfere with the original turbo and manifold.
I will send you my Auto cad dwg in version twelve as see what you think.
Regards Don

Looks good Don. You will need a X brace under the pan. To stiffen
the mounts laterally. Make a 1/4 scale balsa model and check it. 
The X brace can be half inch tubing. If you use a simple diagonal
brace down there then you will need a cross tube from rubber mount to
rubber... mount side to side. There may not be room for a straight
one but a curved one will also work.

What kind of rubber bushing are you going to use at the top rear
mount? Also the top mount needs to be a tripod as there are up
and down loads as well as fore and aft. Unless of course you want
to use rod ends on either end of the top rear mount strut.

If you do that it would work better if you just went almost straight down to a
bracket on the back of the oil pan. It would also work better if you went
straight and further forward to a bracket on top of the center engine housing. 
Again use rod ends to take out any local bending loads on the ends of
that pitch stabilizing strut.

Paul Lamar
 
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