Having sampled some of Marlin's mounting efforts with my Honda build, I'm inclined to suggest having looked at the pictures of these solid bars, that the aprroach adopted is a "cost effective" method of limiting the engine's motion, that involved little thought.
Surely the best way to mount the engine is in a method similar to the original installation, which presumably uses a tie-bar or similar, with some give in it to isolate the chassis from the engine vibration / stress.
It also seems the location of the solid tie rod is a bit suspect - surely the bar should be roughly in the middle of the engine / 'box?
I'm not wanting to play devil's advocate, I just know that had I used the mounts my type-r build came with, I would be having a lot of problems right now.
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