No you can find an LS tranny for around 200-400 bux but if you are planning on making any kind of power i would suggest a LSD (TypeR trannys come with LSD) But IMO i would buy a LS or GSR tranny and put a quaife LSD in it. The final drive is a little diff from GSR to LS but not much for the price diff. You just have to shop around and you can find good deals on these trannies…then i would buy a gsr or si head and do a ls/vtec you can do both of these within your budget :)…there is no way you can boost it under 2k AND yes thats the only way a honda will handle power