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     I must put in a plug for the jack pads as provided in the 320/360 kit.
     As shown in my standard kit (slow build) manual, loads would not be
     sufficiently transferred from the pads to the structure.  I extended
     all the bid plies that create the fuselage/wing spar junction down
     across the jack pad.  I overlapped the plies coming down the side of
     the fuselage and those coming down the rear of the spar.  This creates
     something like a 20 ply lay up in the corner right above the pads.  
     Jacking loads are thus nicely distributed along the spar and fuselage.
     
     I agree with the comments warning against lifting the plane from the
     engine lift ring.  There is probably a good reason 6 cylinder
     Lycomings have 2 lifting rings.  Also you generate large bending
     moment in the fuselage center section, similar to a high negative G
     maneuver.
     
     Chris Zavatson
     N91CZ