He emailed me, and mentioned it was an 89 he was working on.

I am really certain that the exhaust doesn't have to go
anywhere to get the transaxle out. I've done clutch work
on an 87 prelude, a 93 accord, and a 98 civic, and all of
these were fine without removing any exhaust parts
whatsoever. Ropert mentioned as well that it didnt' seem
that there was any interference from the exhaust anywhere,
but I was curious, and I know you have a similar car.

But hey, I could be wrong....

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