[s-cars] Need advice re: engine stand for AAN

[David Forgie]

For reasons not entirely justifiable, I have acquired a spare AAN from Gabriel Caldwell who is parting a pearl on black 93 with significant rear end (body) damage.  We got the engine out of the 93 and into my 98 C4 Avant on Saturday:

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/200632.phtml

I purchased an assemble-it-yourself engine stand (1250 lb max) and was going to retreive the engine from the avant today.  However, despite removing the clutch to get more clearance, I still need more "stand off" and longer bolts than what I have (4" long 3/8" bolts) for the attachment arms.  Looks like I need 4.5" bolts (at least).  I used washers to get more standoff with the engine stand arms but I need more or I need to cut some pipe to create spacers so I can clear the flywheel.

The 3/8" bolts seem to be the largest size that will clear all the holes in the "bell housing" area of the block. 

Anybody with BTDT photos of something they have rigged up to do this (with the flywheel on)?

TIA

Dave F.