5sfe tranny on a 3sget motor and u smoked those cars? wow, must be rebuilt pretty good.... I thought it was all stock... I said about $600 range because you can easily find a salvage or a pretty beat up mk2 between $1000 to $2000 and thats for the whole car. Know where i'm getting at?
But yeah man.. good luck. I'm pretty sure its a good tranny.