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not to mention, what about the oil pump
Oil pressure was good at time of failure. When I tear down the engine, of course I'll check the oil pump!
In fact Clevite just released a pump for the Duratec in June of this year so with 130K on the engine I would replace it as a matter of course.
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where is all the metal from the bearings?....
There was no discernable metal in the oil, but since it only ran for about 30 seconds at idle with the failed bearing, there wouldnt be. Oil analysis is good for spotting a problem but not so great for determining the root cause, which could be a dozen different things. Again, I'll find out when I tear it down. For some good info, see:
Clevite bearing failure analysis
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clevite bearings
See my reply to DemonSVT. The Clevite77 P suffix bearings for the Duratec are a STOCK replacement, nothing special.
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no i didnt bother to change the physics of my engine to ...
Any time you extract more performance from an engine you are altering the physics of it. All pun intended, but thats just the "physics" of the matter! 
Former, now returned CEG'er!
95SE MTX, (AKA "The Road Rat"). Stock except for:TH fix, B.A.T. big brake kit, tranny cocktail and lots of re-insulated wiring! May yet be a 3.0!
"Speed doesn't kill, stupidity does!"
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