The "Indestructible" Slant 6

Nah, just too busy fitting my engine to read all of your hate mail. Who cares what I do with MY car? You guys should be happy it might even somehow make yours worth more. Since a Dodge V8 and 4 speed wasn't a bolt in swap either (terrible design running the shifter linkage between the floor and crossmember) I figured I'd do it at a fraction of the price. Oh and I'm using a 302 HO EFI, picked it up for $150 with the harness, computer, and sensors. Transmission for $75 with bellhousing and Foxbody swing pedals for $30. So far everything is fitting great, no issues and no cutting up my floor to mount a manual transmission. After weighing the pros and cons of the 5.0 vs the 5.7 Vortec the 302 won.

The v8 cross member bolts right up making it, GASP, a direct fit application! Of course a manual teams isn't going to be bolt up and go in an automatic car. No clue what makes you thing any manual teams would keep you from cutting up the floor.