Everything except the starter cable goes on the firewall side. If you have the mini-starter with two wires, the smaller one goes on the front clip side. I will see if I have a pic on my computer.
No problem. The mini starter is standard in my Cobra and it's not bad. I will say this: it is definitely lighter and therefore easier to handle when putting in.
I ran into this problem, when I did my 4cyl to v8 swap. I stripped EVERYTHING, because I had soooo much work to do, and then when it came time to running the thing, I was like....aaahhh.....