how difficult would it be to switch over to manual?

 

it isnt realy all that hard. hondas are farly easy cars to do swaps on. if you look around the internet you can find every thing you need to know about doing the swap. i found all the stuff on mine by going to yahoo and typing in gsr swap to civic. and as far as the motor goes i think it is one of the best swaps ever.

 

Um, no? It's faster because there's no torque converter in a manual.