I am with you, I am looking for a used $300 or so t5, they can be had. I saw a 3550 on ebya going for cheaper, the guy had no idea what it was...unfortunately it would have been costly to mate that to a chevy. My thinking is to get a junkyard tranny in there now, and later on when I have more $$ or it blows up, I can get a better T5 that has been "built"