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I won't comment on ease of removal as this is relative to your mechanical aptitude, but I had never done an engine removal on a 944 before, but after the engine was stripped on most of it's accessories, a friend and I dropped the motor in about 1.5 hours, including a few rounds of musical jackstands and several hoist up / hoist down deals with the car.
I had spent the two weeks prior each weekend spening a few hours each time (about 8 hours total) taking off misc items to ease the process like all intake items, clutch slave, starter, front suspension, etc. to the point where I had the crossmember bolts and the 4 torque tube bolts to remove. From there it took us about an hour and a half.
Getting it back in has yet to occur. But it came out just as easy as a few front engined volkswagens I have worked on, once you're comfortable about the fact it comes out the bottom and not the top.
Oh and another note- we tried the out the top routine. I ended up busting my distributor rotor as we were trying to tilt it up and out. Not ever trying that again.
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