Thanks for the reassurance re: 2001 timing chain cover. And thanks David for questioning my assumptions - that's what I'm looking for before I put down the $.
I don't "need" the 3L PCM, but I figure I might as well since it will be calibrated against the 3L MAF, the #24 injectors, and will have the right fuel maps for WOT. As for the fuel pump, I gather that it is different for a returnless system, and I'm proposing going returnless so that I can leave the 3L LIM and injectors as are and have the 3L PCM know what it's driving. I may be making an incorrect assupmtion about the link between the PCM and injector style - are the signals put out by the PCM for the injectors any different for return vs. returnless injectors? If not, then I could stick with the 3L PCM and instead have the LIM modified for return style and swap in #24 return.
In the event that I do go with the returnless pump, I'm now figuring that there is a low probability of the Taurus pump fitting as if in the Contour tank - probably better off getting pump from 2000 returnless SVT - does anyone know how much fuel it flows? I believe the Taurus pump flows 120 L/hour.
Regarding the PCM, I went through the pinouts for the 1998 Contour and Taurus (still waiting for 2001 disk to arrive) for the 104 pin connector on the PCM - there are a lot of similarities, but also many differences. Of the 75 connected pins, at least 20 will have to be re-routed - e.g. on the 98 Contour pins 20, 70, 93, 94, 95, and 96 address the fuel injectors, while on the 98 Taurus the pins are 73, 74, 75, 99, 100, and 101. I'm thinking that it's probably easier to wire together a switcher using a male and female version of the connectors (trying to figure out who supplied those to Ford) and then leave the 2.5 harness as is in the car.
Eric
