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Mechanically speaking, it is the exact same engine.
There is a couple of things that are different, and if I am to swap a Tip engine in a manual car, it would take me 5 minutes to adapt.
1st thing is a cable that goes out of the engine wiring harness to the manual gearbox for the reverse gear signal. On Tiptronic, reverse signal is from lever.
I happen to have this bit of cable if one day you need it.
Second is a slightly small alternator belt, that you could swap for the manual belt.
In Tiptronic, while you are on a stop in gear, rpm goes down to 600, so to compensate alternator speed, a smaller belt is used. To adapt a larger belt, you remove shims between pulley halves and you are done.
But for the ECU, I am practically sure it communicates with the tip box Brain, so The ECU might be different. Have to check on the PET or parts catalogue
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