T-5, i'm about to give up....

What do you consider "cheap"? I've located several 4-cyl transmissions in the $250 - $300 range in Georgia, Miss, Alabama on Car-part.com. There were a couple on Ebay for <$200 a week ago.
 
Unfortunately, I think it will be very hard to do a T5 swap for $200. Even if you got the transmission for free, the rest of the swap would cost more than that. :(
 
Heh, it cost me $250 just for the clutch cable assembly! T-5 Cross members are $140. The speedometer cable it takes (to make the connection from the T-5 VSS to your speedo) is anywhere from $40 to $60 depending on where you buy it.
And you will want to install a new clutch in it unless it already comes with a new one and it's about $130 or so for a whole kit.
So, your looking at close to $580 for these parts.