Been there done all that with the V8 and still do it. This is my first FWD every other day car lol. And my trans am's and camaro i've done all that and yes your right lift does help and you do need a friend as well. But I was pretty surprised at how easy this install went and it was messy too down there. Took me a solid hour to clean my finger nails out from all that fluid and grease.