Well I have to say it would be kind of a waste putting all that money into an automatic. But the good thing is that modifying a car is limited only by 2 things. Your immagination and your wallet. So if one day you decide you want to put a standard in there guess what, you can! So I'd have to say it really depends on what you ultimatly want to do with the car. Get on cardomain.com (if you haven't already) there are alot of great ideas there. Hope this helps.