I would say just have her learn to drive a stick shift. We just got a Sami for our 15 year old and one of the reasons is so he can learn to drive stick shift. It wouldn't hurt her to know how to drive a stick anyway. Just my .02 worth.

I am also doing the 1.6L engine swap but we plan on using the tranny out of the Sami.


1994 Ford Explorer 5.5 Superlift, 35's no-slip in the rear, lots of custom parts ( sliders, tire rack & more)
2003 Kia Sorento
1987 Suzuki Samurai for our son and wife