I agree! I have a 81 210, swapped in the 5 speed and got the webber. Yes, you will feel a difference. What I should have done is just found a KA24E on CL and swapped that in there. I don't know about your year but for the tranny swap you'll need the pedal assembly out of a manual car, master and slave cylinders, flywheel, and manual drive shaft. I don't know about the starter issue, mine was the same. Good luck.