its a honda?
keep it auto
find a company that makes some kind of shift kit for it possibly.
5-speeds are fun to drive, but the experience i have heard of with honda manuals is broken axles, missed shifts, and 3-2 downshifts.
the best way to make any car fast is a huge turbo with a built auto, kenny can agree to that
hold the brakes, give it gas, get the huge turbo building some boost, leave the line, consistent un-missed shifts with no loss of boost.