Sorry my vote goes to the PT. If he has so much as a MBC in there or knows how to pre-spool the turbo while at the line then your car is toast.
Nice thing with manuals is that you can load the engine without moving the car at the line. Same can be done in an automatice but generaly causes more costly repairs at the end.
This tends to give one hell of a launch
Im building up an RX8 for a customer who decided he hates almost everything about the car after buying it. And unfortunatly i agree. But its a fun project so far. I get to do mean things to this car
No more saturn rear dors for this car, no more tiburon fenders, no more lexus tails
It will be a great car when its finished.