The axles will need to come out if you take it out with the tranny attached, plug the drivers side tranny axle opening, I used bubble wrap pushed into the seal, worked great.
Either remove the hood or disconnect the pistons and prop it all the way open, I tied it open over the car to the rear tiedown under the bumper.
If you are taking it out with the engine harness attached you will need to remove the windshield wiper arms, and the plastic cowl, then disconnect the large connector on the passenger side and the body connector in the center of the fire wall, also the lead that goes over to the air mass sensor and drape it over the engine.
Disconnect the tranny cooler lines from the tranny, oil cooler lines from the engine, crank pully, remove the rear engine mounting bracket from the rear mount and tranny and let it hang, it will fall out once you start lifting.
Remove the down pipe from the turbo and remove the rubber mounts that hold up the pipe after the cat and gently move the pipe to the side, I would tie it up so you don't stress the flex joint.
Remove the wires to the alt and starter, it also connects to a bracket below the tstat, remove the battery tray and disconnect the connectors to the transmission, remove the transmission gear selector cable.
I would remove the neutral safety switch from the tranny as it gets hung up on the frame as it comes up.
I left the AC comp and power steering pump connected to their lines and just hung them out of the way, I left the intake/exhaust/turbo/alternator/starter/intermediate shaft all attached to the engine.
Attach the lift, take up the weight and remove the right and left mounts.
You will need to disconnect the intercooler hoses, turbo cobra pipe, top and bottom coolant hoses, coolant overflow and heater hoses, ground wires on front and drivers side of the tranny, front tranny mount (down low where the ground attaches, remove the whole thing, (3 15mm and 2 10mm bolts)
Slow and easy as it comes up, adjust the tilt, raise it a bit, make sure you are not hung up on anything, repeat.
The final angle is pretty steep when it finally clears, watch the intake manifold as it gets hung up on the brake master cylinder, especially when going back in.
Don't forget to disconnect the throttle cable from the throttle body;oops:.
I'm doing this from memory, so forgive me if I missed anything, just go slow and look for anything still attached.
