so I'm almost to completion of a tune up, but....I cant get to those darn spark plugs mounted in between the fire wall and on the engine....its a really tight spot. Any recommendations? I've read where you have to dismount the engine and lift it up just to change spark plugs, but that seems kind of ridiculous.

You can unbolt those front brackets and use some instuments to rock the engine forward. It basically takes persistance and feel if you don't rock it forward. Took me 1.5 hours to do them. Once You get one you can understand how to manage the other two.

Took awhile for me to, main thing was getting the stupid boots off the plugs, I finally started twisting the boot with one hand while pulling with the other pretty much laying on top of the motor, worked for me, but it was very difficult and I was pretty sore the next day, the motor isn't a comfortable laying place

A good prybar and a well placed block of wood will help get the job done, and of course they do make a tool for this as well: Tilt tool