Preparing to install new engine with TTI: questions

I should clarify - I have a Milodon 8qt pan and it is very much in the way for installing the right side header, so Joe is probably right, with a stock type pan I imagine that header drops right in. If you are trying to do this logically - stop, it's an odd process and doesn't really "make sense". Get the left header in there and pulled out of the way against the inner fender - as I recall it sits at about a 30 degree angle, it definitely doesn't sit like it's ready to go on the engine. There are a lot of little things that have to go just right - while you are trying line up the engine with the trans, you have to stop and drop the right header in (it also has to be pulled back once it's semi in place). Then the engine has to catch the "pins" on the trans - this is where the leveler comes in handy, it makes minor adjustments possible - I have had to lift the front of the trans nearly up to the inside of the tunnel to get them to mate. I have also found that a couple of good pry bars come in handy. You're not reinventing the wheel here - it has been done and you can do it!