Similar to what Rip does but I put it down closer to the air hole. When I was using Kanthal I'd use 26ga or 28ga and a touching coil, 3mm-3.5mm diameter. Rip also has a pancake wick method you should watch, I couldn't get any flavor until I watched that one, I do similar except only with the bottom half of the coil I push the top half down.
1.8Ω of 26ga is a lot, but it's also nice and allows you to go from low/normal voltage for public to high voltage for clouds. To fit that much in you will probably have to use a large diameter touching and bend it much like my titanium below. I form them outside because I have bending tweezers but you can also use the forming rod to get it positioned and bent in the base.
Bend the legs around so they don't short on the coil and can reach back into the screws.
Pancake the wick and push the top down (I don't see it having much use if you leave it up)