[Excaliber]

What kind of replica do you have? I haven't heard of any that 'require' the motor be installed from the bottom or ones that 'require' you to pull the heads to install the engine.

Now I'll grant you that may be an interesting way to do it (from the bottom) and may well avoid the pitfall of 'dings' or 'scratches' installing from the top, but do you HAVE to do it that way?

I dropped my motor AND trans combo in my ERA with a cherry picker. Tight fit, oh so careful to not 'nick' anything, but it fit fine in there just fine.