I am in salem and I did a swap from atx to mtx for cheap aka around $500, i don't remember the exact price. 9k miles on the swap and working fine. I found the tranny on ebay, but maybe you could find a car with a dead motor and a good manual tranny. Used atx trannys aren't the best option as you don't know the maintenance details on them.

ATX MTX swap, rear drum disc swap, drilled rotors, ported intake, optim throttle body, CAI, 7.5L MAF, adj. fuel regulator, longtube headers, underdrive pulley, no EGR, low inpedence bigger injectors, 2002 Focus Swap