from meshureing the the escort and contor hubs are the same distence apart the only difrence is the splins that go into the hubs i will mostlikely use contour cv joints with escort outer knukels the mont locations are similer and i can use stock passenger motor mount and drivers side trany mount from the contour the front and rear mounts will be mx6 or probe the trany will sit tight against the drivers side wheel well thats where a littel bending and hammering comes in not much just half an 1/2"
and i know what ur saying mazda mx6 would be a drop in plug and play deal but honestly i never took the easy path i alwayse went by is something is easy its not worth doing and i seen one mx6 escort and it was cool but i havent seen a v6 duratec one yet so hopeing to make it
and its more like i will buy stuff for the escort and when i get something els the tour i have will get what came off the escort and if the tour brakes down i can alwayse borow the part from the scort to get threw the week till i can get the part
the only thing thats stoping me from geting started is i had an acsident at work had a swing stage roll out from under me and i fell a good 12ft on my back so i am berly walking once i get better this project is gona start
I never said the size of the vehicles would be the problem.
The duratec does not "bolt up" to the transmission from an MX3 or Probe. Therefore you would have to use an MTX75 or similar contour transmission to bolt the engine up. Either that or WASTE a lot of money making a mounting plate.
Now since you are no longer using a probe transmission, you can no longer use a probe subframe in the front. This means you need to make a new subframe, or sufficiently modify the escorts. Trust me, you would be better off fabbing a new one. The mounts are NOT that close because the oil pans and trannies sit in the subframes slightly differently. BTW, I am not sure if you have ever installed a motor crooked, or tried to force it to sit in a motor mount wrong, but you will hate yourself if you try and drive a car with the motor mount fudged to fit. You will have massive vibrations followed by motor mounts breaking followed by very bad expensive damages.
Next. The duratec does not mount in the same places as the KL series. Therefore you would not be able to use the escort positioning for motor mounts. That means you need to put on your own mounts to match the motor mounts for the contour.
The probe ECU would not work either, as a KL is a very different engine. Aside from just the fact a probe, MX3 and EGT use a VAF in place of the MAF, you have several other differences. One could list them, but I cant think of all the differences off hand.
Moving back to transmissions. CV axles. Contour CV axles and probe axles are not spined the same. They are not the same length either due to differences in the transmission. Therefore, you need someone to make one end of a contour CV axle stay a contour axle, while the other end becomes an EGT axle. YAY weak axles in a lighter car that is going to get a lot more wheel hop.
Please, for the last time go to FEOA.NET. You can find guys on there who have attempted to do MANY different kinds of engine swaps. You will find 1.8 V6 swaps, 1.8 BP turbo swaps, 2.5 KLxx swaps, even rotory swaps if you dig deep enough. You will also find failed 3.0 vulcan and 3.0 duratec projects, along with a host of other failures. Though not many 2.5 duratec projects, because anyone who knows anything will tell you, why put a 2.5 in when you can have a 3.0 for the same amount of work and money, plus have a newer lower milage engine.
I hate to break it to you, but you are by no means coming up with anything new. I'd love to say "good luck, go for it man", but I know that platform to well. Besides, you can find probe motors that are in just as good of shape or with as low of miles as most 2.5 duratecs that are worth your while. And, even if you were going to go through the hassle of putting a duratec in, why put in a 2.5? Do a 3 liter.
I admire that you want to try something challenging and different, but take a lesson from KAOS3.0. Dreaming is good, but dont overdo things or you will screw yourself in the end. Dont do things beyond your abilities, and there is a reason that people do things one way and not another. I have been on that escort platform for more than a decade now, and there are plenty of guys into that platform that have more than enough technical expertise and capital to pull off things that would blow your mind.
I dont know many ways to say this that sound nice, but, thinking you are going to pull off something new on a 20 year old platform using stuff that has been around for 15 years is just dumb. Especially if you are on a tight budget with time and space constraints. So far, everything worth doing has been done, and that is what makes it easy for people who are new to the platform to do those worthwhile things. Just like with Contours.
If you want an EGT, go for it, but dont waste your time or money trying to put a contour inside of it.