Pulling my 230 - a few final questions

[Praxiss454]

I'm pulling my L6 230 for a rebuild, and have a few questions before I pull it tomorrow. I'm using a 1 Ton harbor freight hoist, I have a tilt bar with 4 chains. I also have a 1000 lb capacity harbor freight 4 wheel engine stand to put it on once it's pulled. I am pulling the trans w/ the motor.

I've yanked most everything off of the motor, including dizzy, fuel pump, carb, air cleaner, alternator, coil, starter motor. Radiator pulled. Exhaust pipe disconnected from manifold. I removed the battery and tray.

I still need to disconnect the clutch linkage, manual transmission shift linkages, throttle linkage.

Questions:
1. Are there locations on the sides of the motor that are good for attaching to the hoist? Or do I need to pull the valve cover and bolt to the top of the head? There are a lot of various bolt holes.

2. I don't know what it's called, but the piece that spans the entire front of the engine compartment -- the hood latch bolts to it, and the upper radiator supports bolt to it -- do I need to pull this? Seems like it'd give me another 6-8" of space to work with, but I can't tell how it's bolted in.

3. I know to get grade 8 bolts. How do I actually connect the engine to the engine stand? What size/length of bolts do I need for that?