I think I spent more time building the lifting frame to move the engine around in the cockpit and lower/raise it onto/off of the beds than I did actually installing the engine. It also took more time to install the soundown foam inside the engine space than it did to actually install the engine.

The install went quite smoothly.

Step-1: Clamp upper engine beds in place and lower engine onto the beds.

Step-2: Measure the location of the engine (position and inclination) relative to the shaft flange.

Step-3: Lift engine out and remove upper engine beds.

Step-4: Modify the upper engine beds based on measurements (I did this with my electric plane).

Step-5: Repeat first 4 steps.

Step-6: repear first 4 steps.

Step-6: Paint upper engine beds and bolt them in place for good.

Step-7: Set engine on beds and mark for the lag bolts that held the engine down.

Step-8: Lift the engine out and drill for the lag bolts.

Step-9: Set engine on beds, lag bolt it in place, do the first alignment and tighten the lag bolts.

Step-10: Hook up the electrical, raw water, exhaust and fuel connections and bolt the output and prop shaft flanges together.

Step-11: Fire the engine up.

the install procedure was done over two days because I had to wait for the final paint on the upper engine beds to dry before installing them