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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR
Why dodge the autos?
The buddy I mentioned above bought his for $7K I think. 60k miles. Perfect condition car and 100% stock. Yes, an automatic. With ABS and LSD and no sunroof.
Sure the swap is a little more effort but it's not a big deal.
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No foundation I suppose, my pickup has the KA24E (lol singlecam with more torque than the Toyobaru) and I can't imagine having any fun with a slushbox from that era in it but it's a hoot with the manual sliding around dirt roads and wet pavement. I don't think I ever would have found out that yes, they did have fuel cutoff at redline in the 80's.
I suppose situationally it'd be good to pick up up an Auto for cheap and do the swap when you put a better engine in (seems to be mandatory
) but there seems to be enough manuals to go around, spend the extra bucks and save the hassle imo.
Side note: glad you chimed in, probably the best resource on here for this question aside from a few vendors.