engine removal

yes, it allows more room for the pull if your coming out of the top. if your dropping out of the bottom, i'd still pull the belts and alt and p/s pump off.

^+1 and if you're coming out the top in an L body I'd make sure your water pump housing is completely removed and out of the car, it likes to hit the core support if you leave it attached to the motor

I recently took a sc motor put of the bottom and all I took off was the alternator and power steering pump (the alternator was a nessecity)

Depends on the tools available. If you don't have a hoist or something you can use to keep it stable on it's way out, then I'd remove as much as you can to reduce weight and reduce the number of things in the way.

Personally, I like to yank the axles, PS bracket, water pump, alternator and AC stuff - even the radiator (makes it easier to get at the front engine mount, which I completely remove) then go out the bottom with it. A spare hand, a couple floor jacks, and you can have it out with no damage. No spare hands, one jack, and you can have it out with a smashed oil filter and busted dipstick tube

I unplug the wire harness and vac lines. Then the other little stuff and drop the whole thing complete on the floor and pull it out. A lot easier to take everything apart on the floor than in the car.

Pope: do you drop the struts with the assembly?

I didn't but it depends how much your replaceing it's kind of a waste unless your dropping the whole k-frame

Thanks for the info. I will be coming out of the top with a hoist. Guess I will remove all the goodies first.