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I prefer a manual shift as well.

Turbo failures occur because of lack of oil or oil contamination to the turbo. Also the failure of turbo sends shrapnel into the engine via the oil return. It is likely you have an oil pressure problem, bad bearings, etc already. Replacing the turbo without fixing the underlying cause of the failure will only result in another turbo failure or complete engine failure. GD

I have an EA82T turbo. $100 shipped.

You did not look hard enough for a turbo.Forget rebuilding. I found 20+ in less than a minute at http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi $75-$500 Forget bypassing too-it will run,but poorly.

The EJ swap doesn't involve axles, unless you swap the transmission also. It does involve an adapter plate. And the big project of wiring - you have to bring the ECU and all it's stuff along with the EJ. None of the options are cheap, or only a little work. Except if you got really lucky and found a good original turbo, at least the work / time part would be the least. With the bypassed turbo, I'd be surprised if it passed emissions testing, if you have to deal with that. Here, the only reason it would get by is that it's old enough that they don't bother with testing any more. The last time I had to test one of my EA82 cars, only a few shops knew how, or even had the equipment.

Have you looked into new turbos from the likes of the ATV crowd? They’d be about the right size for the EA82T. Cost will be the limiting factor here I reckon. Cheers Bennie

It will be worse than swapping in a non turbo engine and ECU. The tune in the ECU will be all wrong. The compression will be way lower than a non turbo.