As ecerybody else has said, yes you can remove it, but it's a waste of time. May as well just buy a nice non turbo manual.
http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/dealer...id=127192931405
Couple of grand more but would save the hassle.
Hey everyone just thought id say hello. My name's Mitchell.
Freshly on my p's and have got myself a manual R33 for my first car.
Hope to get plenty of information and help for when I get off my p's.