I am also thinking of doing the swap somewhere in the future, and I hate when people say "buy a new engine" or "just buy a manual car"... its not that expensive to do it, all you need is time, and some extra cash. I have a 97 and I wouldn't even get a new center console, I'ma just gonna attempt to remove the old auto guts and cut out the auto shifter plastic plate and fit a custom leather boot to it :/ Cmon guys, have a little faith! ;p

(Also, why would you buy a new engine when you can have a higher compression, ls/vtec 5 spd for less than the couple grand of buying the gsr engine and labor to put it all in?)