a tranny swap is not too much money...im doing one right now in an auto 93 civic ex for a friend. he paid 250 shipped for a complete 5 spd tranny with oem clutch w/ 60k miles. also included was everything needed such as shift linkage, cables, manual virgin ecu, tranny, clutch, flywheel, center console (w/ shifter) and all neccessary clamps, bolts, and brackets. just search around bro you will find it. also, i know there are plenty of guys on here that have auto to manual conversions.