Engine/Tranny match up

[costas33]

Hello guys and gals ..... lets get straight to te question here :P
I own a 92 grand am gt that i take good care of,the car is great shape ive gave it some love .
it came with a 2.3 dual overhead cam manual tranny and after my 3rd engine and 6th quad 4 total i figured it was time to change engine.
so i grabbed a 93 3300 with 3 speed auto tranny and threw it in easy it runs great,i also changed it over to synthetic oil.
since i changed it it has treated me well and im pretty impressed with the durablity of the engine..... i mean after going threw so many quad 4 engines its easy for me to say its great.
Now when i changed it i went from manual to auto tranny i left my clutch peddle in so i still need to push it to start the car :P
Sadly i miss my manual tranny and want to throw one back in with this engine but i noticed how hard it was to find a 3300 manual tranny, a few mechanics tell me just throw a 3.1 tranny in it it will match up ...... is this true is what im really asking here ?

[costas33]

Also if this helps its not eletronic shift

[costas33]

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[xeroinfinity]

Welcome to AF costas33 !!

The 3.3L block is totaly different then the 3.1L block. So the bolt pattern is differnet for the bell housings.
3.1s and 3.4s are known as 60 degree V6s. The 3.3L is like the 3.8's in Grand Prixs, and other cars, they are 90 degree V6s. The 3300s & 3800 are GMs better motors IMO.

Pretty sure it's a 3T40 125C trans if that helps the search. Though you probly wont find any manual transmissions out there that'll fit.

Good Hunting!

PS- no need to bump