Where to attach engine hoist 2.3L?

If you’re pulling the trans & engine, use the factory supplied lift brackets. Attach a chain to the rear bracket, which is the black looped metal piece attached to the head with the exhaust manifold bolts.
If the OE loop’s removed, and you’ve a short section of Chain, make a jump between 2 exhaust Bolts, use that as an attachment point for your drop Hook or chain looped & double Bolted.
Do the same on the Intake side- small jump of chain under (2) Intake manifold bolts. I prefer using Grade 8 Bolts slightly odd longer & with solid washers tapered to the Bolt size at every point when doing any motor lifting, it’s cheap insurance. Tightening them down against the Chain increases yield.
You can also cradle it, doing a wraparound and catching a few bolts in between to maintain chain position..
Attach the other hook of the chain to the factory lift hook at the front of the engine, near the camshaft pulley, If not there, plenty of sizable Bolts up front to secure the Motor to Hoist.
I’d used a leveler, previously, got irritated at it & then on continued with the old method, with a Cherry picker or fixed Chain above connected sufficiently for the load, Chainfall in center. Make a loop in the chain as needed should you want an alternate pick point.
If your Hooks are sized appropriately for the chain & bite between links,, a short section of Chain bolted through the links on either side will hold it from slippage.
Once lifted, push the Car back while suspended, may have to manually bbbbnprop it securely on on some wood or ddfnk
sure you remove all FOUR bolts from the motor mounts before trying to lift it out, Many just use (2) for I-4 engines, like yourself, I also prefer (4) points to equally distribute/share the load.along with other mm

You can see both lift points in this picture:
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The only suggestion I have is to stash the old 2.3 if you're doing a V8 swap. The 2.3's are getting harder to find. Particularly the large journal versions (they all had 4 spark plugs). Turbo guys like those mainly because they're easier to deal with due to the boss and/or threaded hole for the oil drain back.