Geek stuff

Here's one of the motor mounts I welded up yesterday

And the other one

 Probably meaningless techno-geek stuff but I did some analysis today.
I checked the torsional stiffness by putting the car on 3 stands
(2 rear, 1 front corner) and hung a 100 lb weight 4 feet from the single stand
and measured the amount of flex in the frame. Without the front crossmember
 bolted in=800 lb/ft per degree stiffness. With crossmember bolted in=1600 lb/ft per degree of twist.
 I still have another crossmember that gets bolted in so that number could go up.
Also, I plotted the path of one of the rear wheels as it goes through it's projected travel
and above is a pic of the passenger side path. Basically, as the suspension compresses
(such as a hard left turn) the wheel moves up and slightly forward, causing the rear to
steer in the same direction as the front-which is good for neutral handling. This is
somewhat offset by the drivers side rear wheel drooping and also moving forward
but there isn't as much weight on that tire so the outside one is the important one.