Bro Willy and I had a hard time identifying the bolt pattern on his GM 3.8L engines. Originally we assumed that all GM 3.8L/3800cc engines would have the same trans bolt pattern. Not so. Actually, there are three!! Here's the reference that got us straight. Now we can look for a transmission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GM ... V8_pattern
(He has the GM Metric, aka Small Corporate, aka S10 bolt pattern. One block came from a '94 FWD Buick.)
GM Transmission Bolt Patterns
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GM Transmission Bolt Patterns
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