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Is there a DIY on taking out the engine?

 
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no, but i can pretty much help you out with whatever you need in that area. I have done it several times on my car.

Are you removing the tranny also? I found it is much easier that way.

Anyway, here is what you need to do to remove both the engine and tranny as 1 unit...

-First, drain the oil out of both the tranny and the motor.
-drain the coolant out of the radiator by using the stop-**** on the drivers side.
-disconnect and remove the battery
-remove the radiator hoses from the block, and zip-tie them out of the way (usually to the radiator fan)
-remove the coolant lines that go from the firewall to the throttle body, and from the throttle body to the waterneck
-disconnect the quick-connect fuel line from the firewall
-remove the fuel rail and injectors
-Take off the coil packs, take off the brackets that hold the throttle cables, remove the throttle cables from the throttle body
-un bolt all of the grounds in the engine bay
-start removing all of the electrical connectors from all of the sensors on the motor, pull the entire wiring harness away and lay it over the passengers side fender.
-take the front wheels off, remove the axel nuts, remove the 2 bolts that hold the struts to the spindles, remove the axels
-take off the shifter cables and the bracket that holds them in place
-un-bolt the exhaust from the header, and take the header completely out
-un bolt the alternator and completely remove it
-un bolt the AC, let it lay on the sub frame
-un bolt the power steering pump and let it lay on the side near the motor mount
-un bolt the 2 bolts that hold the slave cylinder to the block (MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT PUSH THE CLUTCH PEDAL IN AFTER THIS STEP!!!)
-take 1 tranny bolt out (the top back one, just behind the head) and then slide it through your chain for the engine hoist and re-install the bolt
-take off the drivers side motor mount (un bolt the 2 nuts that hold the mount to the engine, then take off the other bolt that holds the mount to the car, then remove the mount completely)
-slide the other end of the chain over one of those studs and tighten the nut down on the chain.
-put some pre-load on the motor to come out (not a lot, but enough to keep it in place as you take the motor mounts off)
-take off the passengers side trans mount, completely remove it from the engine bay
-take off the rear motor mount (take off the 1 bolt that holds the mount to the subframe, then also take off the 3 bolts that holds it to the trans. Completely remove the mount from the engine bay)
-un bolt the front mount (just the 1 bolt that holds it to the sub-frame)
-now you should be able to pull out the entire motor/trans assembly. MAKE SURE NOTHING ELSE IS CONNECTED!

I am writing this all off of the top of my head. So check to make sure everythign is disconnected before pulling the motor out. Also use jackstands and all relevant safety equipment.

 
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you can also look on k20 swap DIY xproduction has one and they remove the engine http://www.xproductionz.com/k20swap/k20swap.html