Visit your local Ford Dealer ... the Escape uses the same tranny with a 3.0 and Kenne Bell supercharged the Escape over a year ago without any tranny mods and that thing put down some major power to the ground ... over 250hp to the ground. Have the parts guy cross reference internals for the Escape vs. the Contour/Cougar/Mystique. Be sure to come back and fill us in as to what you found