After helping my brother change the spark plugs on his 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo with the V6 many years ago, my answer is:
"Whatever the mechanic wrote on the bill."
Chilton's book says remove the engine mount, roll the engine ahead. What a crock. That gains you about an INCH, so you have a sum total of... AN INCH to get at the rear plugs and wires.
We crawled all over that car for hours, fishing extensions and universals in behind the engine, turning plugs out a click of the ratchet at a time.
Swore I would never own a vehicle with a transverse mounted V6 engine, ever.
Then there's the brilliant placement of the coil packs on a 1996 Hyundai Elantra. We tried, gave up. Took it to an independent mechanic. When he finished with it he told us to never ever bring that car to him again, only half-joking. He was a good guy.
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