Well, I started my transaxle swap tonight on the Xspire. I have a transmission with the Festiva guts installed into it (so I don't have to mess with modifying the Trans mounts) ready to go in. This gives me a final drive of 3.77 compared to the Aspire's stock4.05. I also purchased a used FMS Lightweight Flywheel (12lbs).
I was only planning on getting a head start tonight and pulling it tommorow, but it went easy.

Trans is out and the rest waits for tommorow...
Hopefully the clutch and flywheel go easy too!
I'll update.