I had a friend that was breaking tailshaft's because the 'ears' were allowing movement so he switched to a full motor plate. The ears that Rebel uses look like they have enough mounting points to do a better job for sure, I actually like that idea for my car as it would eliminate the thickness of the plate which puts the water pump snout only 2.75 inches from my radiator, it's just a street car anyways. I do love my AR-Engineering plate though, it works good and looks really nice.