You could turbo it. Its been a year and a half since i threw a turbo on my 00 hatch and the auto tranny is holding up just fine at 10psi. I blew a headgasket in september right when i bought a house for renovation just finished 90% of the renovation so i can move in i will post my auto to manual swap when i get to it. Setting up the garage now complete car overhaul everything i mean everything. Welcome to the site and enjoy Body wise a si or type r grill and front lip is cheap and would look really nice.Its Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom...Well its an automatic. I bought the car myself but it was at the supervision of my dad and said I dont need a manual. I know how to drive a manual, and id like to do a swap but it seems like its so much work. I wouldnt be able to do the work either. I was thinking wouldnt it be worthless to turbo an automatic? Id need to switch it before I turbo it.