If you're doing an engine and trans. together, try this ... jack up the REAR of the car, get it up on stands at a decent height. That way, as the engine and trans. are going in on the crane level to the ground, they are "tilted" in relation to the car. I haven't presonally tried this method, but have talked to other people who have had luck doing it this way (but not on an SC, so it's up to you whether or not you want to give it a shot).
cheers
Ed Nicholson
SCCoO