[Wayne 962]

You can place the weight of the car down on the supports without the cross-brace installed, but you will need to have the car re-aligned later on. We did this continuously when pushing our project car around the shop during the engine swap. As for a ramp, I'm not sure that's safer than jack stands - if you feel odd about the stands, then put the car up on the ramps, then jack it up and leave the ramps in place, so that if the jack stands fail, the car simply rests back on the ramps.

- Wayne