Bob,
That is the way I prefer pulling my engine. Remove the hood first then drain your fluids. Unbolt the six bolts holding your bell housing, remove, starter, disconnect clutch linkage, headers and side pipes, water hoses, fuel lines, linkage and electrical. Put a little tension on the engine with the cherry picker in place and remove the motor mount bolts. Then pry the bell housing away from the engine and "Voilla"I have pulled my engine in less than two hours and then there were those other times when nothing went the way it should that I spent all day just getting my side pipes off!
Some days are chickens and others are fethers!