I am looking like a mad man and there is not one T-5 to be found in this frickin state. Not cheap anyway, So if someone has a T-5, that they are getting rid of dirt cheap, PM me, i could use the help...
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.
I only have about that much to spend, and that is without a rebuild...plus there is the bellhousing, crossmember, and so forth....maybe this will cost more than I thought...?
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.
Well that is all I can contribute, the parents........i think you get the picture. I have more like $240 to throw around. So Yeah this will have to wait A while. Unless I hear otherwise.
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.
I scrimped on my conversion here and there, got what I felt were good deals on certain parts, and it was still ~$800 after totalling receipts. Just FYI.