It's pretty much time to sell my car, and I was thinkin about an EM1 and getting a Kseries a little down the line. Well my question is, does it matter whether it's auto/manual [the em1] to begin with? I'm going to be getting the whole swap from a K series anyway. The reason I ask is cause I need to get an automatic civic for now so that my mother/father can drive if need be.

 

it does matter.... it's just more work when the time comes..........

 

when we say "more work" how MUCh more are we talking? What kind of work? wiring?

 

Different chassis require different amounts of work. The easiest auto to manual chassis in my opinion is the EF Civic/CRX, no mounts to cut and reweld, no hydraulic lines to run, etc. I did it in my fiances 91 CRX and it was very easy, hardest part was the pedal board install. Since you are talking a much newer car, unless you talk to someone who has already done the swap, there won't be a lot of info to be found since it's so new. But no matter what, a manual to manual swap is always going to give you less work.