[naz]

why not just use stiffer mounts and call it a day?

i mean.. i must sound like i'm ragging on your creativity but this just seems like a situation when shade tree stylez could be doing something harmful to the vehicle..

if this really was the optimal way to control engine motion.. i should have 'STi group N engine movement damper attached to the strut tower' instead of 'STi group N replacement engine and tranny mounts'..... this might be the time to go with a proven setup?

here's my reasoning:

the way that bracket is setup all of the force is going to be applied front to back and the two bolts at the top of the strut tower are taking all of that force

it just seems to me that you are applying a shearing force to that bolt (force is applied perpendicular to the shaft of the bolt) that it isn't designed for..

i think the strut tower is designed to handle forces from weight transferring and bumps that are up and down forces (ie parallel to the shaft of the bolt) not the perpendicular shearing force that you have setup

if you put a strut tower bar on there.. the bolts just hold the bar in place.. and the forces are transferred to the actual strut tower.. in your setup you are applying the force to the bolts themselves not to the strut tower...

i'm concerned you are using something as load bearing that really isn't designed for it.. and you are applying forces to the strut tower top in a way that i dont think the strut tower was designed to handle....