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Why not scrap the universal tubing crossmember and mount the motor on the square tube suspension/steering crossmember?

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I'm a little worried the angle would be such that the mount would apply a lot of twisting torque because it's so far behind the new cross member. I'll be boxing the frame and adding support plates to the cross member because of the gaps to the frame rails.

Here's a somewhat better pic. The original mm cross member mount bolt holes are actually further back than the pic shows. The weight of the engine would be to the rear of the new cross member by about an inch. Too much twisting torque?