Having just done the swap, I say go for it. I had a slap-stik and it was fun to manually shift the gears, but nowhere near as much fun as rowing the gears in a manual. I bought the complete kit from brewers, total cost was $4300. Everything went together perfect and the trannie shifts like new. This car with the 440 is so fun to drive now. My car isn't a #'s car anyhow, so I don't think I hurt its value at all. Matter fact, since this conversion was done by a pro (not me), I think it raised the value of my car. You would never know it was an auto if I didn't tell you. Just having that pistol grip is as cool as it gets.