All this is interesting... So the 3.5 and 3.2 bellhousings interchange then? Joe Black is pretty knowledgable in all things Isuzu and I know he had some pics of the firewall and pointed out the "cutouts" for the clutch pedal assembly and all that. Otherwise, I haven't heard any real mention of swapping a manual into a VX. I wonder if the transmission tunnel on the VX would be tall enough to fit the manual tranny... Do you know anything about that yet or did I miss it? The use of a manual tranny may be a good route for swapping in a solid axle... and for using a lower low range gear ratio!