Great Ford 3L motor specs / interchangability

[blu_fuz]

This site (hopefully link will work for long time):
http://www.enginebuildermag.com/Article/1142/rebuilding_the_ford_30l.aspx

they run through all the 3L duratec engines, what years, the differences, the similarities, everything you need to know about the '99 - '05 3L duratecs.

 

[bgrogan01]

Looks like the MPV 3L would be the way to go since it has more power. Nice read with lots of info.

 

[aboythatskates]

Looks like the MPV 3L would be the way to go since it has more power. Nice read with lots of info.

that doesnt matter. ur not using that that tune or even that ECU for that matter...

 

[rexxdoggy]

"Don't put early heads on the late blocks or they will leak."

I thought that was funny.

 

[TennTechMan]

Great read. Thanks for posting. Anyone ever tried putting the VVT in a Contour? It's something I've thought about with the Lemon. Maybe next year.

 

[gorman]

Great read. Thanks for posting. Anyone ever tried putting the VVT in a Contour? It's something I've thought about with the Lemon. Maybe next year.

i asked this question a while back.

It is possible. You will need the engine, engine harness and ecu/pcm. You will have the modify the harness to integrate with the contour harness... and change some connectors. The benefit would be the extra 20hp.

In the end, having already altered my engine harness to install a dual fuel system, i thought that adding a 65mm TB, intake porting work, larger intake valves, headers etc, was the easier way to make extra power.

hope this helps .... G.