Nah, just a rope around the harmonic balancer.
Unfortunately, you have one of many "new generation: vehicles where engine removal and installation was not a design priority. It is not limited to GM. But it does make engine work very difficult. Yours is happiest going in from the bottom and then sits so far back in the hole that you can't reach anything to work on it. It is as if the shop manual should say "Step 1: remove all sheet metal from the firewall forward."
Even changing plugs is a pain in the tail. If you ever have the chance to pick one up, the 2005 and 2006 GTOs actually have an engine bay where you can see all 8 plugs and the ground beneath them. It is a GM car, but built by Holden in Australia, so it does not comply with the ordinary GM beancounter rules. The Tremec 6 speed is not a good shifting tranny, so buy the automatic. Even better, they don't have OnStar!
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