Well I got the new ones in but thanks anyways. All that's left is the oil pan and timing belt. but to answer your questions, yes I did take the old bearings out first, and I did remove one of the motor mounts, just didn't feel like doing the work of removing the other 2 that most people usally do. I got all my parts from mitsubishi including the stuby shaft from the 1.8l motor.
And actually just dropping the motor a litttle by removing the one motor mount on thr driver side, was really not all that hard. Would've been easier if I had a sawzal instead of a hack saw but it worked. I used a nice long extension and axel either a 32mm or 33mm axel nut socket to push the bearings out.