My beautiful 2000 Contour SVT spun a bearing and went ker-CRUNCH! at about 78k miles. Same as just about everyone else - very little warning, some minor ticking that suddenly turned into major knocking, followed by a seized engine. I have a nice silver dollar sized hole in the bottom of the block.
I'm looking to do a 3.0L swap, since, well, that seems like the thing to do. I've done a lot of reading here before posting, and followed a lot of links. Since I'm more mechanically reclined than inclined, I'm going to have some friends help out with the conversion.
If there's anyone in or around the New Haven, CT area with experience in doing the swap, and wants to help out, I would appreciate an experienced hand. As it stands, I have some friends with more mechanical aptitude than myself, and the garage and tools that should allow this project to actually work... I hope.
