How about the direct injection engine. The worst part of the "auto to manual" swap, in my experience, was hanging the "extra" pedal in the footwell. Did it once, once was enough. Must admit the lack of manual tranny was damn near a deal breaker for me. I have a 2001 ebony with 14000 mi. that's never seen rain, never known anything but Mobil 1(grease,oil,&trans), never been started for less than a 20 mi. run,never been run hard,and lives in a climate controlled garage, that may be sold soon. A new S2000 is gonna need somewhere to live.