[bosco]

If you have a cherry picker and some decent jack stands I can't imagine it being much easier than dropping the engine/transmission out the bottom, then sliding it out from under the car. No banging around, no twisting this or that or scratching this or that, just undo the engine and tranny crossmember mounts and let it down. Then, with the car in the same position, the new engine w/tranny attached lifts easily back up and every thing lines up just right. My teenaged son helped me and was surprised at how easily we could change out an engine, and it was our first time.