[gprocket]

Opps, too late. I did install the rear mount up front. It was a situation where the car needed to get back on the road and I had to go with what was available. I had to trim off the upper flange but other than that it dropped in. There is sufficient gap statically and I don't notice any banging under normal driving conditions so so far so good. In reality the car has probably run on collapsed mounts for years so anything would be an improvement.

But I suspect that it may not last. If the rear mount is not designed to take the loads I imagine two things will happen: The mount itself will start to go pretty quickly and the dogbone upper mount will start to tear up since the additional motor torque will load up that mount. We will see...

My only other thought is that it seems there has been a lot of mixed reviews with the SAAB mounts and in contrast no issues that I've read about with the Alfa rear mounts. There are likely many, many reasons for that but if it is simply a matter of the Alfa mount being a higher quality unit then maybe there is hope.

As far as the mounting goes, the truth is I handed it to my maintenance guy to install and didn't notice the difference. He never said anything but he tends to be a "make it fit" type of mechanic so I'll have to take a look when I get a chance. That said, since this mount is in compression I'm not sure the lower mounting has much affect on the performance... OTAH, does that weaken the subframe assembly not having it tied in at that corner? You know, I'm usually the first to complain when someone short cuts a repair like this...