i know it's procedurally the same as doing one in a truck, but i want some people to grow a pair, get off their auto-hating butts, and make a manual trans GMT820/830 SUV so i can see it!!
i REFUSE to drive an automatic (my wife hates them, too), and within the next few years, my RCSB won't be enough room if we start having kids.
slap a nv4500 under there & call it a day - holds more power than the 4L60 could wrap it's head around, can pull all day, and is just crazy-unique. i just don't want to deal with the gauge cluster swap, steering column swap, pulling wires from the harness, putting the jumper wire in the fuse block for the clutch safety (actually, that's pretty easy), installing a pedal/MC, cutting the brake pedal, changing from the auto t-case to stick, swapping t-case input (or it might just be easier to find a 3/4 ton np241 still attached to the trans), and all the other headaches associated with wiping every trace of the stupid crap-o-matic that came stock.
it'd be nice to see one completed just for inspiration