I would avoid the 83 case also (they are loud).
Just for a heads up-
(note: these are for all 4 cylinder, manual trans)
1979-1983 Carb: Top Shift, Loud Gears.
1984-1988 Carb: Forward Shift, Quiet Gears.
1985-1988 EFI: Top Shift, Quiet Gears, #1 Desired 21-spline.
1986-1987 Turbo EFI: Forward Shift, Quiet Gears, only 23-spline gear drive t/case produced.
1989-1995 EFI: Forward Shift, Quiet Gears.
So as you can see more forward shift t/cases were produced, which kinda sucks...
Regards,
BigMike