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Christ · 09-06-2009, 03:14 AM

A few things:

That d-side axle looks VERY stretched... I hope you're compensating for that somehow.
Check on the HF tranny and pull the mount plate off it. It looks like the plate (not the mount) almost has the same bolt pattern as the Insight transaxle, and could maybe be a starting point for the d-side tower mount.
The p-side tower mount, flip your original D-series d-side front mount over so that the bolt holes are facing up, bolt a plate to the mount section of the engine, and weld a plate up and across to connect the two. The mount will have to be bolted from the backside.
Why does the d-side axle look like it's canted forward from the hub to the engine?

09-06-2009, 03:14 AM	#198 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	A few things: That d-side axle looks VERY stretched... I hope you're compensating for that somehow. Check on the HF tranny and pull the mount plate off it. It looks like the plate (not the mount) almost has the same bolt pattern as the Insight transaxle, and could maybe be a starting point for the d-side tower mount. The p-side tower mount, flip your original D-series d-side front mount over so that the bolt holes are facing up, bolt a plate to the mount section of the engine, and weld a plate up and across to connect the two. The mount will have to be bolted from the backside. Why does the d-side axle look like it's canted forward from the hub to the engine? __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"