Sorry Guys..I bet that the "subtle design" of the mount " was made like a Swiss cheese more for light weight than saving the rest of the engine..The shaft will still bend or twist, along with the mount, if the crash is at the right angle..Not to knock Taurus, they're pretty...Which is a function of the CNC programmer, realtive to tooling, speeds and feeds of the machine...Not exclusive to Taurus..Check out a DA.....R C ....