Make sure the spark plugs your using are Motocraft or Autolite double platinums. The duratec doesn't like other kinds of spark plugs, and causes this problem.
My Cars
1999 Silver Frost SVT - 80,000km #2603/2760 Aug. 10, 1999.
1996 Mercury Mystique LS V6 MTX - retired @ 323,151km.
1995 Ford Contour V6 MTX-sold @ 214,000km
i have checked many times both the wires and plugs, just the other day i found some vacuum hoses that were cracked rather extensively and replaced them but it really had no effect on this problem
99 csvt
68 cuda fastback 340
00 gp gtp (wife)
01 gs500