the car was an auto at first, and it was too much hassle for me to do a 5spd conversion...i actually almost did go ahead and went with the 5spd swap but decided it was too much hassle and not trustworthy..i just really needed a ride to get me around..so i just got a new tranny that bolted right on with no modifications...didnt have much $ or time to do the AT to 5spd swap