Mike, No that's my GTD I was talking about with a R21 and a 302 (small cap MSD billet dis). You do need a engine hoist and a spreader bar so that you can get the complete assembly at the right angle. I made my spreader bar out of a piece of 1X2 steel with a couple of tabs welded on it. The front one gets shackled to the carb lifting plate and the rear one has a old school seatbelt wrapped around the end of the transaxle and the mount tabs shackled to the spreader bar.
The first time took a while to find just the right mount points but after that its the same ol song.
1. pull drain plug for coolent system and let drain while moving on the next step.
2. remove rear body and put on lawn.
3. remove carb and install carb lifting plate
4. remove exhaust collector/mufflers and headers
5. remove horse collar and suspension cross brace after detaching bottom end of rear roll bar links.
6. disconnect electrical connections, center coil to dis hv lead, starter wires, all sender signal leads, ground strap, msd cable, speedo cable, Alt cable.
7. remove clutch slave cylinder from bell housing but leave hyd hose attached. Place out of the way.
8. Remove cables ends from shifter assembly.
9. remove half shafts (both ends) and put aside.
10. remove hoses from coolant system.
11. IF my AC system was charged I would remove AC compressor and leave pump attached to hoses, push out of the way. It's not.
12. Disconnect oil lines to cooler at sandwich block.
13. attach spreader bar
14. unbolt two rear transaxle bolts and the two engine mount bolts.
15. lift complete assemble out of car and set on oil pan and 4X4 (under rear of transaxle) . All on a nice piece of old carpet.
Ya.............. I did this a few times. I would rather pull the motor to replace a water pump than try and work bent over in the cockpit and through the firewall. Taking out the interior is just about as much work anyway.
Maybe a SPF is a bit different but it can't be by much. Weight really doesn't make much difference if you have a adequate engine hoist. Getting the spreader bar to distribute the weight just right so that you can tip the front of the engine down by lifting the rear of the transaxle with one hand while jacking up the motor/transaxle assembly with the other.
One or two pumps on the jack to lift, pull the whole thing back a inch or two, repeat, wiggle it out of there and your all good. It an be done alone or like I said with a friend. Beer goes farther alone, engine comes out faster with a friend. You can try wife, but don't get mad if she can't help just revert to do it yourself mode.