Well, the car had to move, and the transmission is out, so I go "How the frick am I going to support the motor on the back side?

Voila!

Well, yeah. That will work too.

Simple solution ehh? WOW, I would never had thought of that--brain is now processing input for long term storage............ ---CRAP!!!

I should not have drunk that beer--now I gotta look at your post agin'

Oh Crap!---- ---well I'll just archive it to my 'puter--

my .02

I wouldn't think the exhaust or exhaust studs in the heads, would be designed to hold the weight of the motor.

Its more of a leverage thing. the weight wouldnt be as much as you think. I would bet you could hold the exhaust up with one hand in the rear. The bulk of the weight would be in the front.

A three year old could pick that up without struggling. It is real light on the end there.

another way is to use a 2 chains with 2 S-Hooks and hook them into the hole on the tranny mount where the 10mm bolt normally goes through and the other end around the exhaust where the muffler flange is.
basically the same you did except using the tranny mounts on the chassis instead of banging up the nice paint on your car ...

Andy